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

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 fell 0.69%.

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG ), which fell 7.99% or 88.00 points to trade at 1,013.00 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY ) declined 1.68% or 1.04 points to end at 60.98 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR ) was down 1.47% or 0.49 points to 32.93.

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

Shares in Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO ) rose to all time highs; up 5.84% or 7.60 to 137.80.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.10% or 0.76 to $69.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.85% or 0.62 to hit $73.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 4.90 to trade at $2,604.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.11% to 11.78, while USD/NOK unchanged 0.01% to 10.59.

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

Source: Investing.com