Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.00% or 1.78 points to trade at 37.38 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 1.75% or 2.80 points to end at 163.20 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 1.67% or 5.30 points to 322.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 6.70% or 1.0 points to trade at 14.3 in late trade. Statoil ASA (OL:STL) declined 3.07% or 4.8 points to end at 151.7 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 0.90% or 0.01 points to 1.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 75 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.98% or 1.05 to $51.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.60% or 0.89 to hit $54.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1234.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 8.8888, while USD/NOK rose 0.68% to 8.3133.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 100.31.