Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA), which rose 4.58% or 2.70 points to trade at 61.65 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) added 1.68% or 0.73 points to end at 44.20 and Yara International ASA (OSLO:YAR) was up 1.37% or 5.0 points to 370.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS), which lost 3.10% or 0.4 points to trade at 13.8 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 2.29% or 1.3 points to end at 55.4 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT) shed 1.37% or 0.39 points to 28.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 78 and 4 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.73% or 0.44 to $60.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 6.70 to trade at $1179.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.08% to 8.7391, while USD/NOK rose 0.34% to 7.7772.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 95.30.