Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI), which rose 2.24% or 1.95 points to trade at 88.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 2.22% or 2.70 points to end at 124.10 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 2.13% or 5.60 points to 268.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 2.43% or 0.15 points to trade at 5.94 at the close. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) declined 2.22% or 20.00 points to end at 881.50 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 1.55% or 1.90 points to 120.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 152 to 133 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.20% or 0.17 to $83.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $86.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.35 to trade at $2,335.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 11.49, while USD/NOK rose 0.42% to 10.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 105.44.