Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Media and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.91% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 9.55% or 0.66 points to trade at 7.57 at the close. Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR) added 9.07% or 5.70 points to end at 68.55 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) was up 8.57% or 0.9 points to 11.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which lost 1.23% or 0.65 points to trade at 52.35 in late trade. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 0.60% or 0.80 points to end at 132.00 and Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) shed 0.38% or 0.25 points to 65.25.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 60 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.23% or 1.33 to $42.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.87% or 1.23 to hit $44.14 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.73% or 21.40 to trade at $1256.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.76% to 9.2247, while USD/NOK fell 1.25% to 8.1133.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 93.99.