Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI), which rose 2.24% or 1.95 points to trade at 88.95 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 2.22% or 2.70 points to end at 124.10 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 2.13% or 5.60 points to 268.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 2.43% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.94 in late trade. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) declined 2.22% or 20.00 points to end at 881.50 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 1.55% or 1.90 points to 120.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 152 to 133 and 36 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.13% or 0.11 to $83.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $86.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.30 to trade at $2,335.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 11.49, while USD/NOK rose 0.41% to 10.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 105.44.