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 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which rose 2.82% or 4.10 points to trade at 149.60 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) added 2.19% or 0.06 points to end at 2.99 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was up 1.50% or 1.90 points to 128.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which lost 4.27% or 4.50 points to trade at 100.80 in late trade. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) declined 4.05% or 2.40 points to end at 56.90 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) shed 3.36% or 19.50 points to 561.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 196 to 82 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.50% or 1.77 to $68.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.80% or 1.33 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 16.26 to trade at $2,653.74 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.43% to 11.76, while USD/NOK rose 0.53% to 11.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.61.