Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Software & Computer Services and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which rose 3.46% or 0.3 points to trade at 9.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 67.50 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 0.44% or 1.1 points to 247.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 7.86% or 1.52 points to trade at 17.81 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 6.01% or 2.14 points to end at 33.49 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 5.50% or 1.5 points to 26.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 131 to 33 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 4.51% or 2.21 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.25% or 2.13 to hit $47.97 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.06% or 14.25 to trade at $1353.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.72% to 9.3130, while USD/NOK rose 1.44% to 8.4124.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 96.24.