Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Auto & components and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 2.34% or 6.1 points to trade at 266.5 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 0.72% or 1.90 points to end at 266.40 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 0.39% or 0.60 points to 154.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 6.42% or 1.4 points to trade at 21.1 in late trade. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 3.74% or 1.37 points to end at 35.24 and Statoil ASA (OL:STL) shed 3.19% or 4.6 points to 138.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.55% or 1.67 to $45.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.43% or 1.69 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1187.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 9.0816, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 8.5438.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.14.