Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which rose 3.60% or 4.80 points to trade at 138.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Nel ASA (OL:NEL) added 3.01% or 0.18 points to end at 6.08 and PGS ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.20% or 0.18 points to 8.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which fell 0.90% or 1.30 points to trade at 143.20 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) declined 0.34% or 0.70 points to end at 207.50 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) was down 0.11% or 0.02 points to 13.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 149 to 132 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.09% or 0.87 to $80.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.00% or 0.84 to hit $85.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 9.35 to trade at $2,338.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.53% to 11.39, while USD/NOK fell 0.49% to 10.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.93.