Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto & components, Materials and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 3.26% or 7.0 points to trade at 222.0 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.02% or 5.20 points to end at 177.25 and Statoil ASA (OL:STL) was up 0.98% or 1.8 points to 179.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 3.45% or 10.80 points to trade at 302.00 in late trade. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) declined 3.19% or 0.22 points to end at 6.67 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) shed 3.03% or 1.18 points to 37.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 78 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.63 to $60.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $64.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.80 to trade at $1328.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.31% to 9.5826, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 7.7249.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 89.57.