Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Auto & components and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.62% or 7.9 points to trade at 225.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 3.00% or 1.43 points to end at 49.15 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 2.97% or 7.4 points to 256.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 3.06% or 1.86 points to trade at 59.86 at the close. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) declined 1.91% or 0.13 points to end at 6.41 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 1.38% or 1.00 points to 71.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 90 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.37% or 0.87 to $64.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.83 to hit $69.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 5.00 to trade at $1336.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.07% to 9.6338, while USD/NOK fell 0.09% to 7.8446.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.04.