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 declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which rose 4.14% or 52.00 points to trade at 1,308.00 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) added 3.14% or 0.34 points to end at 11.18 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 2.90% or 3.50 points to 124.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 9.62% or 0.31 points to trade at 2.87 in late trade. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) declined 2.81% or 4.40 points to end at 152.20 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) shed 2.59% or 14.00 points to 527.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 180 to 100 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.13% or 0.10 to $74.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $76.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 15.61 to trade at $2,681.01 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 11.75, while USD/NOK rose 0.62% to 11.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 108.98.