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 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 2.26% or 2.80 points to trade at 126.90 at the close. Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) added 2.17% or 3.05 points to end at 143.50 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 2.02% or 1.34 points to 67.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which lost 1.65% or 5.00 points to trade at 298.20 in late trade. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) declined 1.63% or 1.45 points to end at 87.50 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) shed 1.55% or 0.60 points to 38.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 151 to 135 and 35 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.11% or 0.09 to $82.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $86.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.62% or 37.70 to trade at $2,371.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.63% to 11.39, while USD/NOK fell 1.15% to 10.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 104.87.