Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Real Estate and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 2.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 1.18% or 4.3 points to trade at 361.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) fell 1.21% or 1.65 points to end at 134.95 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.36% or 3.00 points to 217.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 10.96% or 25.2 points to trade at 209.8 at the close. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) declined 5.11% or 0.29 points to end at 5.29 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 4.93% or 10.60 points to 204.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 175 to 24 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.55% or 0.35 to $63.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.83% or 0.56 to hit $67.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.90 to trade at $1331.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.04% to 9.6945, while USD/NOK fell 0.03% to 7.8331.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.54.