Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Energy and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 2.18% or 0.70 points to trade at 32.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) added 1.36% or 0.75 points to end at 56.00 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 1.01% or 0.01 points to 1.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which fell 5.21% or 0.8 points to trade at 13.7 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.90% or 0.56 points to end at 18.73 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 2.36% or 0.5 points to 19.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 107 to 74 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.18% or 0.70 to 32.80.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.11% or 0.05 to $44.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.60% or 0.76 to hit $46.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.36% or 18.05 to trade at $1344.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.65% to 9.1988, while USD/NOK fell 1.44% to 8.1869.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 94.96.