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 declined 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which rose 2.02% or 22.00 points to trade at 1,110.00 at the close. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) added 1.10% or 0.95 points to end at 87.20 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) was up 0.97% or 1.60 points to 167.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which lost 4.67% or 2.98 points to trade at 60.88 in late trade. Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) declined 2.42% or 3.60 points to end at 145.05 and TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 2.02% or 2.80 points to 136.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 164 to 122 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.61% or 1.26 to $77.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.37% or 1.13 to hit $81.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 9.65 to trade at $2,404.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.39% to 11.97, while USD/NOK rose 0.94% to 11.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 104.24.