Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Materials and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 3.91% or 2.20 points to trade at 58.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.75% or 9.5 points to end at 262.7 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 3.22% or 0.25 points to 8.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 14.59% or 2.5 points to trade at 14.4 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 2.38% or 0.03 points to end at 1.23 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 2.17% or 4.70 points to 211.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 113 to 76 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.39% or 0.75 to $53.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.21% or 0.68 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.45 to trade at $1256.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.26% to 8.8842, while USD/NOK fell 0.01% to 8.3696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 100.93.