Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 3.29% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.29 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.92% or 10.00 points to end at 352.00 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 2.50% or 2.8 points to 114.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 3.87% or 1.00 points to trade at 24.87 in late trade. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.89% or 0.68 points to end at 22.89 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 2.67% or 0.22 points to 7.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 89 and 19 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.16% or 0.08 to $50.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $51.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.25 to trade at $1263.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.39% to 8.9623, while USD/NOK fell 0.36% to 8.1517.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.76.