Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Banking and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 4.57% or 2.50 points to trade at 57.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 2.61% or 0.45 points to end at 17.69 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) was up 2.34% or 1.70 points to 74.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 2.94% or 1.55 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 2.93% or 5.3 points to end at 175.7 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 2.13% or 3.5 points to 160.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 84 to 75 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.93% or 5.3 to 175.7.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.02% or 1.40 to $47.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.84% or 1.38 to hit $49.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.79 to trade at $1251.51 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.25% to 9.2993, while USD/NOK fell 0.35% to 7.9790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.82.