Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Energy and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 2.95% or 1.19 points to trade at 41.58 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) added 2.58% or 0.7 points to end at 28.6 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 1.97% or 0.57 points to 29.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 2.90% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.34 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 1.59% or 0.76 points to end at 46.97 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) shed 1.56% or 2.50 points to 157.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 83 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.52% or 0.27 to $52.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $55.84 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.30% or 15.55 to trade at $1211.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.13% to 9.0565, while USD/NOK fell 0.73% to 8.4693.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.04% at 100.47.