Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 5.77% or 13.80 points to trade at 253.00 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.44% or 1.74 points to end at 73.18 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 2.08% or 9.80 points to 482.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aker ASA (OL:AKER), which lost 1.57% or 10.0 points to trade at 625.0 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 0.99% or 2.80 points to end at 280.40 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) shed 0.78% or 1.7 points to 214.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 95 to 76 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.13 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.20 to hit $72.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.50 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.07% to 9.5362, while USD/NOK rose 0.52% to 8.4070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.54.