Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Diversified Financials and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.25% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 2.86% or 11.0 points to trade at 400.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker ASA (OL:AKER) added 1.38% or 9.0 points to end at 664.0 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.30% or 3.80 points to 295.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 4.22% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.45 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.55% or 0.86 points to end at 32.81 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 2.53% or 0.02 points to 0.73.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 100 to 82 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.86% or 11.0 to 400.0. Shares in Aker ASA (OL:AKER) rose to all time highs; up 1.38% or 9.0 to 664.0.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $76.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1214.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.44% to 9.7634, while USD/NOK rose 0.09% to 8.3292.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 94.44.