Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO), which rose 5.58% or 0.48 points to trade at 9.08 at the close. Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OSLO:DETNOR) added 2.96% or 1.43 points to end at 49.73 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY) was up 2.23% or 0.68 points to 31.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 5.24% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.37 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) declined 3.29% or 2.3 points to end at 67.7 and DnB ASA (OSLO:DNB) shed 2.93% or 3.9 points to 129.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 84 and 7 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.06% or 0.93 to $46.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.52 to hit $50.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.20% or 2.20 to trade at $1091.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.16% to 9.0241, while USD/NOK fell 0.20% to 8.2376.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.53.