Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 2.56% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.60 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 1.93% or 0.16 points to end at 8.44 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 1.87% or 0.65 points to 35.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 5.28% or 1.00 points to trade at 17.94 in late trade. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 2.33% or 0.83 points to end at 34.75 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) shed 0.99% or 0.32 points to 31.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 73 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.02% or 0.44 to $42.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 9.4221, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 8.5749.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.