Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Diversified Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 0.74% or 1.10 points to trade at 149.20 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 0.58% or 1.30 points to end at 223.80 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 0.45% or 0.01 points to 1.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 5.56% or 0.99 points to trade at 16.81 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 5.21% or 3.55 points to end at 64.55 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 4.93% or 0.40 points to 7.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 71 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.11% or 0.05 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.05% or 13.53 to trade at $1279.67 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.47% to 9.5196, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 8.4903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.98.