Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Materials and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 4.38% or 0.43 points to trade at 10.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.94% or 4.4 points to end at 231.0 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 1.05% or 0.01 points to 0.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 3.19% or 0.53 points to trade at 16.10 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.44% or 3.3 points to end at 132.0 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was down 2.12% or 0.75 points to 34.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 103 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.93% or 0.48 to $51.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.85% or 0.49 to hit $57.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 16.05 to trade at $1286.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.38% to 9.3491, while USD/NOK rose 0.76% to 7.9549.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.48.