OSLO, March 20 (Reuters) -
** Norwegian shares traded up on Tuesday
** Oslo's benchmark index .OSEBX rose 0.50 percent, or 3.97 points, to 802.05 points and was down by 2.01 percent year-to-date
** The broader Oslo All Share Index .OSEAX was up 0.43 percent
** Among the biggest firms at Oslo Bourse, Statoil STL.OL rose 0.63 percent, Telenor TEL.OL fell 0.43 percent and DNB DNB.OL fell 0.45 percent
** Turnover at Oslo Bourse was 1.64 billion Norwegian crowns and most traded shares were DNB DNB.OL , Marine Harvest MHG.OL and Statoil STL.OL
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 , a trigger for the oil heavy Oslo Bourse, rose $0.98 to $67.03 a barrel O/R
** Shares of Marine Harvest ASA MHG.OL were up 2.08 pct to NOK 154.35
** Asset manager BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) on March 16 bought 2.73 million shares in Marine Harvest ASA, resulting in a shareholding of 5.06 pct
** DNB's DNB.OL CEO repeats lending growth outlook for 2018 Among the biggest gainers: Petroleum Geo Services ASA rose 5.81 percent, Af Gruppen ASA gained 3.17 percent and Schibsted ASA was up 2.99 percent
** For media firm Schibsted SBSTA.OL broker ABG Sundal Collier raises recommendation to buy from hold
** Among the biggest losers: Questerre Energy Corp QEC.OL fell 2.86 percent, Next Biometrics Group ASA NEXT.OL lost 2.75 percent and Seadrill Ltd SDRL.OL was down 1.82 percent
** Abroad: European shares .FTEU3 rose 0.36 percent, Japan's main share index Nikkei .N225 ended down 0.47 percent, while in China Shanghai index .SSEC was up 0.34 percent and the Dow Jones index .DJI in the United States fell 1.35 percent on Monday