Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 15.47% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.09 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 3.15% or 0.99 points to end at 32.46 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 2.18% or 1.30 points to 60.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which lost 3.13% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.75 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 1.75% or 2.50 points to end at 140.70 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) shed 1.65% or 7.8 points to 464.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 97 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.95% or 1.01 to $50.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.84% or 1.01 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.55 to trade at $1170.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 8.9938, while USD/NOK rose 0.36% to 8.4019.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 100.56.