Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Energy and Diversified Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.81% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which rose 5.61% or 18.00 points to trade at 338.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker ASA (OL:AKER) added 4.76% or 33.0 points to end at 726.0 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 4.39% or 13.8 points to 328.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 3.39% or 8.70 points to trade at 255.86 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 0.39% or 1.2 points to end at 305.2 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 0.31% or 0.5 points to 162.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 112 to 69 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) rose to all time highs; rising 5.61% or 18.00 to 338.80. Shares in Aker ASA (OL:AKER) rose to all time highs; up 4.76% or 33.0 to 726.0.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $72.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.92% or 0.74 to hit $81.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1205.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.04% to 9.5608, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 8.1252.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.72.