Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Utilities and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 3.40% or 0.38 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 0.63% or 0.40 points to end at 64.20 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 0.17% or 0.10 points to 57.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 4.13% or 9.9 points to trade at 230.0 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 4.10% or 0.80 points to end at 18.72 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) shed 3.88% or 2.50 points to 62.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 57 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.46% or 0.24 to $51.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.91% or 0.53 to hit $57.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.87 to trade at $1303.63 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.54% to 9.3133, while USD/NOK rose 1.22% to 7.9124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 92.98.