Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.61% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 5.21% or 0.41 points to trade at 8.19 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 4.73% or 1.73 points to end at 38.33 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 3.88% or 17.7 points to 473.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 4.54% or 0.25 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 4.22% or 9.5 points to end at 215.6 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 4.13% or 0.85 points to 19.72.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 85 to 84 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $48.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 6.95 to trade at $1236.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.14% to 9.3760, while USD/NOK fell 1.01% to 8.4678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 98.16.