Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Media and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which rose 9.58% or 1.2 points to trade at 14.3 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 4.44% or 0.07 points to end at 1.53 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 4.29% or 0.39 points to 9.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which lost 1.94% or 5.0 points to trade at 253.0 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 1.62% or 0.54 points to end at 32.72 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 1.31% or 1.9 points to 143.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 82 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.53% or 0.70 to $46.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.45% or 0.70 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 4.20 to trade at $1351.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.64% to 9.2427, while USD/NOK fell 0.21% to 8.1958.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.84% at 94.78.