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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 1.34% or 1.70 points to trade at 128.90 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 1.12% or 1.30 points to end at 117.00 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) was up 1.02% or 9.00 points to 894.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which lost 2.39% or 5.00 points to trade at 204.50 in late trade. Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) declined 2.28% or 1.55 points to end at 66.30 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) shed 2.26% or 0.24 points to 10.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 160 to 129 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $82.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $85.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 2.85 to trade at $2,360.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.04% to 11.48, while USD/NOK rose 0.18% to 10.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.80.