– 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 1.46%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Tomra Systems ASA (OL: TOM ), which rose 2.42% or 3.80 points to trade at 160.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL: NOD ) added 2.36% or 2.30 points to end at 99.80 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL: HAUTO ) was up 1.57% or 2.00 points to 129.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Subsea 7 SA (OL: SUBC ), which fell 4.46% or 8.10 points to trade at 173.50 at the close. Borr Drilling Ltd (OL: BORR ) declined 4.35% or 1.88 points to end at 41.38 and SalMar ASA (OL: SALM ) was down 4.20% or 25.00 points to 570.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 193 to 95 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Borr Drilling Ltd (OL: BORR ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.35% or 1.88 to 41.38.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.28% or 0.88 to $69.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.13% or 0.82 to hit $73.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 12.71 to trade at $2,655.31 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was up 0.63% to 11.71, while USD/NOK rose 0.98% to 11.17.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.89.