Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Media and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 7.49% or 1.69 points to trade at 24.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 4.02% or 8.00 points to end at 207.20 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 3.09% or 6.6 points to 220.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which fell 2.78% or 0.19 points to trade at 6.63 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 1.23% or 2.2 points to end at 173.3 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 0.80% or 0.38 points to 47.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 81 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.11% or 1.31 to $63.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.85% or 1.22 to hit $67.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 7.10 to trade at $1310.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.45% to 9.4854, while USD/NOK rose 0.22% to 7.7395.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.94.