Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Materials, Energy and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 3.13% or 8.10 points to trade at 266.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) added 3.01% or 4.00 points to end at 137.10 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 2.87% or 5.40 points to 193.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 9.71% or 0.68 points to trade at 6.32 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) declined 6.76% or 24.0 points to end at 330.9 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 5.06% or 0.39 points to 7.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 117 to 55 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.37 to $52.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.05% or 0.58 to hit $54.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.13% to 9.1212, while USD/NOK fell 0.43% to 8.5227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 99.66.