Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Auto & components and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 6.00% or 0.32 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 4.39% or 3.10 points to end at 73.70 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 3.45% or 8.00 points to 240.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.87% or 1.09 points to trade at 21.30 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 4.64% or 1.61 points to end at 33.07 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 3.34% or 0.31 points to 9.03.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 100 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.40% or 0.24 to $59.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1330.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.15% to 9.7425, while USD/NOK fell 0.37% to 7.8830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 89.55.