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 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which rose 3.80% or 6.30 points to trade at 172.10 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 3.07% or 6.40 points to end at 215.20 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was up 2.20% or 0.13 points to 5.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which lost 5.92% or 8.50 points to trade at 135.10 in late trade. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) declined 4.11% or 45.00 points to end at 1,051.00 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) shed 3.06% or 2.65 points to 84.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 193 to 86 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.22% or 0.17 to $77.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $81.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 50.25 to trade at $2,365.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.14% to 11.97, while USD/NOK unchanged 0.02% to 11.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.02.