Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:), which rose 2.21% or 0.25 points to trade at 11.35 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:) added 2.07% or 12.50 points to end at 615.00 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:) was up 1.44% or 2.60 points to 183.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:), which fell 3.01% or 4.20 points to trade at 135.50 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:) declined 2.01% or 5.40 points to end at 263.10 and Nel ASA (OL:) was down 1.64% or 0.10 points to 6.12.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 149 to 131 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.17% or 0.89 to $74.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.97% or 0.77 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 11.10 to trade at $2,436.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.44% to 11.85, while USD/NOK fell 0.32% to 10.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.48.
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