Norway stocks higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.75%

Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services , Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG ), which rose 3.10% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,064.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR ) added 3.06% or 1.00 points to end at 33.70 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP ) was up 2.70% or 6.10 points to 232.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD ), which fell 6.33% or 6.75 points to trade at 99.90 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL ) declined 6.01% or 0.30 points to end at 4.69 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS ) was down 2.97% or 0.39 points to 12.58.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 143 to 143 and 23 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.33% or 2.27 to $70.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.15% or 2.26 to hit $73.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.20 to trade at $2,680.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 11.73, while USD/NOK rose 0.47% to 10.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.92.

Source: Investing.com