Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.52% or 6.4 points to trade at 188.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) added 3.44% or 2.45 points to end at 73.60 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was up 2.30% or 4.0 points to 177.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 5.47% or 3.50 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 4.06% or 10.1 points to end at 238.8 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was down 3.74% or 12.80 points to 329.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.30% or 4.0 to 177.6.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.22% or 1.26 to $55.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.15% or 1.36 to hit $61.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.48 to trade at $1278.42 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.38% to 9.6574, while USD/NOK rose 0.50% to 8.2055.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 93.89.