Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.17% or 3.90 points to trade at 127.10 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) added 2.94% or 0.33 points to end at 11.37 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was up 2.86% or 1.75 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 5.89% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.92 in late trade. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) declined 0.95% or 2.55 points to end at 266.70 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) shed 0.88% or 1.40 points to 158.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 150 to 113 and 36 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.29% or 0.20 to $68.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 1.31 to trade at $2,663.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 11.67, while USD/NOK rose 0.26% to 11.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.16.