Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Auto & components, Banking and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 3.34% or 2.10 points to trade at 65.00 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 2.14% or 0.18 points to end at 8.37 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.02% or 1.50 points to 148.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 8.38% or 2.9 points to trade at 31.5 in late trade. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.86% or 1.00 points to end at 34.00 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 2.48% or 0.03 points to 1.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 83 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $52.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $55.71 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.71% or 8.30 to trade at $1157.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.15% to 8.9571, while USD/NOK fell 0.18% to 8.4212.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 101.01.