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 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.19% or 3.60 points to trade at 116.60 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 2.76% or 3.40 points to end at 126.80 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) was up 2.40% or 3.05 points to 130.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 5.54% or 0.32 points to trade at 5.42 in late trade. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) declined 0.99% or 2.85 points to end at 284.90 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) shed 0.91% or 10.00 points to 1,088.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 142 to 141 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.18% or 0.13 to $73.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $77.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 9.40 to trade at $2,541.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.11% to 11.69, while USD/NOK rose 0.22% to 10.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.24.