Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Materials and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 3.91% or 2.20 points to trade at 58.50 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.75% or 9.5 points to end at 262.7 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 3.22% or 0.25 points to 8.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 14.59% or 2.5 points to trade at 14.4 in late trade. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 2.38% or 0.03 points to end at 1.23 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) shed 2.17% or 4.70 points to 211.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 76 and 19 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.39% or 0.75 to $53.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.21% or 0.68 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1256.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.26% to 8.8845, while USD/NOK fell 0.01% to 8.3696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 100.93.