Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Real Estate and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.69% or 6.5 points to trade at 182.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Statoil ASA (OL:STL) added 3.14% or 5.3 points to end at 174.0 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.76% or 0.42 points to 15.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 3.34% or 0.33 points to trade at 9.40 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 1.66% or 0.02 points to end at 1.06 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.41% or 5.2 points to 364.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 85 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Statoil ASA (OL:STL) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.14% or 5.3 to 174.0.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.31% or 0.76 to $57.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.67% or 1.08 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.90 to trade at $1240.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.56% to 9.8102, while USD/NOK fell 0.17% to 8.3680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.17.