Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Transport and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Storebrand ASA (OL:STB), which rose 0.99% or 0.70 points to trade at 71.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 0.84% or 2.8 points to end at 338.0 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 0.06% or 0.04 points to 62.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 6.59% or 2.66 points to trade at 37.70 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 3.32% or 0.66 points to end at 19.19 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 3.14% or 3.7 points to 114.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 143 to 63 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) fell to 5-year lows; down 6.59% or 2.66 to 37.70.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.31 to $64.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.59% or 0.42 to hit $70.68 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.65 to trade at $1308.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.6350, while USD/NOK rose 0.09% to 8.5520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.615.