Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto & components, Capital Goods and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 2.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 13.24% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) fell 0.15% or 0.2 points to end at 129.8 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was down 0.29% or 1.00 points to 343.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which fell 4.97% or 6.80 points to trade at 130.00 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 4.52% or 0.33 points to end at 6.87 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was down 4.38% or 6.60 points to 144.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 157 to 33 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.09% or 1.44 to $45.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.10% or 1.49 to hit $46.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.39% or 17.95 to trade at $1305.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.1045, while USD/NOK fell 0.28% to 8.1916.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 97.24.