Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.57% or 4.50 points to trade at 130.60 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) added 3.50% or 7.80 points to end at 230.50 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 3.12% or 5.40 points to 178.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which lost 3.66% or 5.80 points to trade at 152.50 in late trade. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 3.08% or 0.09 points to end at 2.86 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) shed 2.79% or 1.16 points to 40.48.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 166 to 119 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.33% or 1.59 to $69.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.16% or 1.55 to hit $73.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 5.01 to trade at $2,663.51 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.12% to 11.63, while USD/NOK fell 0.33% to 11.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 106.24.