Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Capital Goods and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 1.81% or 0.19 points to trade at 10.67 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 0.34% or 0.70 points to end at 204.40 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 0.22% or 0.15 points to 67.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which lost 5.73% or 8.0 points to trade at 137.2 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 5.59% or 0.81 points to end at 13.69 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) shed 5.13% or 2.5 points to 47.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 131 to 47 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.69% or 0.39 to $57.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.71% or 0.45 to hit $63.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.98 to trade at $1285.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 9.4727, while USD/NOK fell 0.34% to 8.1353.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 94.44.