Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Auto & components and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 5.03% or 3.15 points to trade at 65.80 at the close. Meanwhile, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 5.03% or 9.7 points to end at 202.4 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 4.83% or 0.48 points to 10.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 1.66% or 0.21 points to trade at 12.45 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) declined 1.11% or 1.7 points to end at 151.3 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) was down 0.80% or 0.60 points to 74.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 122 to 62 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.43% or 0.24 to $56.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $62.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.90 to trade at $1282.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.89% to 9.6436, while USD/NOK fell 0.94% to 8.2159.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.91.