  The existence of periodic solutions in $\Gamma$-symmetric Newtonian systems
$\ddot{x}=-\nabla f(x)$ can be effectively studied by means of the
$(\Gamma\times O(2))$-equivariant gradient degree with values in the Euler ring
$U(\Gamma\times O(2))$. In this paper, we show that in the case of $\Gamma$
being a finite group, the Euler ring $U(\Gamma\times O(2))$ and the related
basic degrees are effectively computable using Euler ring homomorphisms, the
Burnside ring $A(\Gamma\times O(2))$ and the reduced $(\Gamma\times
O(2))$-degree with no free parameters. We present several examples of Newtonian
systems with various symmetries, for which we show existence of multiple
periodic solutions. We also provide exact value of the equivariant topological
invariant for those problems.
