Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Diversified Financials and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.90% or 0.75 points to trade at 20.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker ASA (OL:AKER) added 3.53% or 22.0 points to end at 645.0 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 2.96% or 1.25 points to 43.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 2.48% or 2.60 points to trade at 104.00 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 1.68% or 0.58 points to end at 34.32 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI) was down 1.26% or 2.50 points to 196.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 118 to 81 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.55% or 0.91 to $59.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.52% or 0.35 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1322.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.17% to 9.6335, while USD/NOK rose 0.08% to 8.5383.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.197.