Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 2.11% or 1.40 points to trade at 67.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 1.96% or 0.8 points to end at 38.9 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 1.77% or 5.40 points to 311.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 6.46% or 1.58 points to trade at 22.88 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 5.65% or 0.59 points to end at 9.86 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 5.12% or 3.65 points to 67.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 127 to 57 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.88% or 1.23 to $64.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.36% or 0.94 to hit $68.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1338.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.26% to 9.5730, while USD/NOK rose 0.19% to 7.7256.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.09.