Investor interest in Western Bulk Chartering's private placement of shares is such that the bulker operator is closing the tender a day earlier than planned.

The Oslo Stock Exchange on Tuesday said it has received Western Bulk's application to list its shares on the bourse's Euronext Growth market, which is slated for 20 September.

The Norwegian bulker firm plans to conclude the placement at 4:30pm in Oslo on Tuesday, rather than on Wednesday as it had announced previously.