Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Energy and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.05% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which rose 6.23% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.48 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) added 2.35% or 8.6 points to end at 374.5 and Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG) was up 1.47% or 1.50 points to 103.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which lost 3.29% or 1.00 points to trade at 29.40 in late trade. Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) declined 2.92% or 0.91 points to end at 10.80 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) shed 2.89% or 1.05 points to 35.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 88 and 4 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.31 to $42.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $48.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.00 to trade at $1115.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.48% to 9.1389, while USD/NOK rose 0.97% to 8.2897.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 97.05.