Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Auto & components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OSLO:DETNOR), which rose 3.84% or 2.05 points to trade at 55.50 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) added 2.63% or 1.08 points to end at 42.14 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OSLO:GJFS) was up 2.60% or 3.2 points to 126.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which lost 8.13% or 2.70 points to trade at 30.50 in late trade. Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY) declined 2.79% or 0.95 points to end at 33.05 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) shed 2.67% or 1.5 points to 54.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 75 and 7 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.01% or 0.59 to $58.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.72% or 1.06 to hit $63.08 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1177.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.76% to 8.7638, while USD/NOK fell 0.06% to 7.8538.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 95.56.