Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 5.48% or 28.50 points to trade at 548.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.53% or 1.16 points to end at 34.02 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.86% or 0.33 points to 11.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elkem ASA (OL:ELK), which fell 4.00% or 0.88 points to trade at 21.14 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 1.71% or 7.50 points to end at 431.00 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was down 1.65% or 2.5 points to 146.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 111 to 103 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) rose to all time highs; rising 5.48% or 28.50 to 548.50.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.39% or 0.22 to $55.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.95 to trade at $1515.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.9774, while USD/NOK rose 0.16% to 8.9900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 98.047.