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 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG), which rose 2.42% or 4.50 points to trade at 190.50 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 1.87% or 10.00 points to end at 545.50 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.39% or 1.60 points to 116.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which lost 4.61% or 7.30 points to trade at 151.00 in late trade. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) declined 3.05% or 33.00 points to end at 1,050.00 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) shed 2.74% or 0.32 points to 11.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 172 to 104 and 30 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.92% or 1.33 to $70.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 1.23 to hit $73.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 14.45 to trade at $2,540.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 11.80, while USD/NOK rose 0.41% to 10.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.31.