Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 1.78% or 6.6 points to trade at 376.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.55% or 3.50 points to end at 229.90 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 1.45% or 4.4 points to 307.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 7.00% or 35.00 points to trade at 465.00 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.48% or 4.30 points to end at 119.30 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 3.47% or 2.7 points to 76.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 96 to 81 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.39% or 1.51 to $61.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.20% or 1.61 to hit $71.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1228.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.19% to 9.5571, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 8.3685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 96.09.