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 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 4.31% or 9.80 points to trade at 237.00 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 3.80% or 2.46 points to end at 67.18 and Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI) was up 2.75% or 5.00 points to 187.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which lost 24.19% or 34.15 points to trade at 107.05 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 6.99% or 12.70 points to end at 169.10 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) shed 4.94% or 11.30 points to 217.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 171 to 120 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.17% or 1.51 to $68.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.95% or 1.42 to hit $71.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.25 to trade at $2,689.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.23% to 11.74, while USD/NOK fell 0.53% to 10.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.33.