Norway shares lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.69%

Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.69%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 5.84% or 7.60 points to trade at 137.80 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) added 4.41% or 0.50 points to end at 11.84 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was up 3.54% or 0.19 points to 5.62 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which lost 7.99% or 88.00 points to trade at 1,013.00 in late trade. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 1.68% or 1.04 points to end at 60.98 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) shed 1.47% or 0.49 points to 32.93.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 139 to 131 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.94% or 0.65 to $69.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.69% or 0.50 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.20 to trade at $2,603.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 11.78, while USD/NOK unchanged 0.02% to 10.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 100.53.