Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Media and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 1.74% or 5.40 points to trade at 315.60 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 1.53% or 0.16 points to end at 10.65 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 1.10% or 0.27 points to 24.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 2.47% or 5.6 points to trade at 221.4 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.44% or 3.2 points to end at 130.0 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 2.43% or 6.2 points to 249.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 114 to 64 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.72% or 0.47 to $66.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.58% or 0.41 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1359.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.32% to 9.5804, while USD/NOK fell 0.94% to 7.6738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.