Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Software & Computer Services and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which rose 3.97% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.73 at the close. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) added 1.04% or 6.0 points to end at 584.5 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OSLO:TGS) was up 0.46% or 0.9 points to 194.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS), which lost 4.37% or 2.18 points to trade at 49.88 in late trade. Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) declined 4.22% or 2.90 points to end at 65.90 and Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) shed 4.11% or 3.5 points to 80.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 61 and 6 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.71% or 1.62 to $58.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.97% or 1.95 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.44% or 17.40 to trade at $1187.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.51% to 8.4334, while USD/NOK rose 1.45% to 7.7552.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.97% at 97.39.