Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 5.11% or 14.00 points to trade at 287.13 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 0.57% or 2.00 points to end at 353.40 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 0.49% or 1.7 points to 345.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 2.24% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.00 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 1.84% or 0.27 points to end at 14.16 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 1.81% or 0.96 points to 52.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 128 to 47 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.74% or 1.14 to $64.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.56 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1278.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.38% to 9.4816, while USD/NOK rose 0.78% to 8.1906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 94.71.