Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS), which rose 2.69% or 1.07 points to trade at 40.85 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) added 1.74% or 1.4 points to end at 79.0 and Statoil ASA (OSLO:STL) was up 1.13% or 1.6 points to 142.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 6.44% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.35 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 5.33% or 3.1 points to end at 56.0 and Storebrand ASA (OSLO:STB) shed 3.69% or 1.10 points to 28.74.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 52 and 9 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.33% or 1.64 to $50.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.36% or 2.46 to hit $58.95 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.67% or 8.00 to trade at $1205.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.14% to 8.6135, while USD/NOK rose 0.74% to 7.8985.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 97.44.