Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Energy and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which rose 7.14% or 2.50 points to trade at 37.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) added 5.24% or 3.6 points to end at 72.2 and Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) was up 1.93% or 1.4 points to 74.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS), which fell 2.24% or 0.3 points to trade at 13.1 at the close. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) declined 1.29% or 9.0 points to end at 690.0 and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) was down 1.19% or 0.02 points to 1.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 91 to 86 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.40% or 0.20 to $50.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $56.70 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.00 to trade at $1104.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.54% to 8.8691, while USD/NOK fell 1.53% to 8.1125.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 97.47.