Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Capital Goods and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which rose 7.01% or 7.1 points to trade at 108.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) added 4.51% or 3.8 points to end at 88.0 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OSLO:TGS) was up 3.49% or 6.7 points to 198.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo), which fell 2.39% or 12.5 points to trade at 510.5 at the close. Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) declined 1.78% or 0.04 points to end at 2.21 and Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG) was down 1.68% or 1.55 points to 90.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 92 to 92 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.41% or 2.01 to $60.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.57% or 1.71 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.72% or 8.50 to trade at $1195.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 8.4744, while USD/NOK fell 0.24% to 7.5780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 95.25.