Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Materials and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 2.79% or 3.70 points to trade at 136.50 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.64% or 0.90 points to end at 34.97 and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR) was up 2.59% or 1.95 points to 77.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 6.70% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.94 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 1.33% or 0.1 points to end at 9.7 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) shed 0.90% or 0.2 points to 25.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 75 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.45 to trade at $1231.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.61% to 9.3101, while USD/NOK rose 0.06% to 8.3547.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.59.