Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 4.97% or 1.72 points to trade at 36.32 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 3.39% or 8.80 points to end at 268.40 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) was up 1.52% or 2.90 points to 193.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 4.41% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.81 in late trade. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 2.44% or 3.00 points to end at 120.00 and PGS ASA (OL:PGS) shed 1.23% or 0.10 points to 8.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 156 to 125 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.51% or 0.41 to $81.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.56% or 0.48 to hit $85.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 5.30 to trade at $2,341.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.11% to 11.35, while USD/NOK fell 0.15% to 10.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.81.