Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Materials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which rose 4.79% or 12.60 points to trade at 275.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker ASA (OL:AKER) added 4.54% or 25.0 points to end at 576.0 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 1.94% or 0.89 points to 46.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 2.46% or 10.80 points to trade at 428.60 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 1.90% or 0.79 points to end at 40.76 and BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) was down 1.88% or 0.750 points to 39.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 79 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.17% or 0.61 to $51.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.70% or 0.43 to hit $60.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1291.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.12% to 9.7425, while USD/NOK rose 0.19% to 8.5548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.762.