Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC), which rose 0.72% or 2.2 points to trade at 308.0 at the close. DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) fell 0.23% or 0.03 points to end at 13.27 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) was down 0.43% or 2.5 points to 581.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 4.52% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.16 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OSLO:STB) declined 3.32% or 1.04 points to end at 30.28 and Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) shed 3.29% or 0.5 points to 15.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 44 and 1 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.65% or 0.37 to $56.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.19% or 14.30 to trade at $1188.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.38% to 8.4937, while USD/NOK rose 0.46% to 7.9199.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.26.