Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.47% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 22.47% or 4.0 points to trade at 21.8 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 7.85% or 1.84 points to end at 25.27 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 5.68% or 0.7 points to 12.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which lost 4.49% or 0.4 points to trade at 8.7 in late trade. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 3.41% or 7.8 points to end at 221.0 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 0.86% or 1.3 points to 149.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 69 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.29% or 0.14 to $48.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.28 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.62% or 34.35 to trade at $1278.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.06% to 8.9531, while USD/NOK rose 0.19% to 7.9976.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.06.