Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Diversified Financials and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.55% or 1.84 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.26% or 0.73 points to end at 23.14 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 2.79% or 2.00 points to 73.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 3.78% or 2.65 points to trade at 67.40 at the close. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) declined 2.49% or 0.14 points to end at 5.48 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 2.49% or 5.5 points to 215.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 80 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.09% or 0.67 to $62.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $65.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.71% or 23.20 to trade at $1333.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.6743, while USD/NOK rose 0.75% to 7.8385.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.