Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.04%

Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which rose 4.01% or 1.86 points to trade at 48.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) added 2.54% or 0.25 points to end at 10.13 and Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) was up 2.43% or 2.65 points to 111.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI), which fell 3.34% or 6.65 points to trade at 192.50 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 3.01% or 5.20 points to end at 167.30 and TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 2.94% or 3.10 points to 102.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 151 to 129 and 28 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.47% or 0.32 to $67.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.55% or 0.39 to hit $70.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 18.90 to trade at $2,774.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.42% to 11.84, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 10.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.32.