Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Energy and Diversified Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 2.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 10.84% or 0.58 points to trade at 5.93 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 6.86% or 2.49 points to end at 38.79 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 5.15% or 9.8 points to 200.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which fell 0.38% or 0.2 points to trade at 47.2 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 0.03% or 0.05 points to end at 151.75 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.31% or 0.26 points to 85.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 138 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.24% or 0.15 to $62.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $65.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 18.80 to trade at $1338.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.10% to 9.6553, while USD/NOK fell 0.53% to 7.7783.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 89.53.