Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Software & Computer Services and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.34% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 1.43% or 3.3 points to trade at 234.8 at the close. Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 0.88% or 0.4 points to end at 47.1 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 0.65% or 0.90 points to 138.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 8.57% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.56 in late trade. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 8.35% or 2.79 points to end at 30.61 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 3.69% or 7.5 points to 195.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 115 to 61 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 14.24 to trade at $1296.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 9.5428, while USD/NOK rose 0.24% to 8.4690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 96.56.