Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 15.47% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 3.15% or 0.99 points to end at 32.46 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 2.18% or 1.30 points to 60.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 3.13% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.75 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 1.75% or 2.50 points to end at 140.70 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 1.65% or 7.8 points to 464.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 106 to 97 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.93% or 1.00 to $50.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.82% or 1.00 to hit $53.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.55 to trade at $1170.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 8.9936, while USD/NOK rose 0.36% to 8.4018.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 100.56.