Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Utilities and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 4.09% or 0.50 points to trade at 12.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 3.54% or 2.20 points to end at 64.30 and Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) was up 3.41% or 0.22 points to 6.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 3.51% or 0.85 points to trade at 23.38 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 0.53% or 1.2 points to end at 222.6 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 0.43% or 0.4 points to 106.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 63 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.09% or 0.50 to 12.61.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $65.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 12.50 to trade at $1342.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 9.5470, while USD/NOK rose 0.09% to 7.6886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.