Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.68% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 3.45% or 0.35 points to trade at 10.50 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 2.20% or 0.9 points to end at 42.8 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was up 2.01% or 1.90 points to 96.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 3.60% or 8.1 points to trade at 217.0 in late trade. Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) declined 1.05% or 0.90 points to end at 85.20 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) shed 1.04% or 0.21 points to 19.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 93 and 17 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.46% or 0.90 to $62.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.02% or 0.69 to hit $68.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 8.80 to trade at $1311.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 9.6742, while USD/NOK rose 0.48% to 8.1154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 92.33.