Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Telecoms and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 7.81% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.21% or 1.03 points to end at 33.14 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 3.19% or 9.4 points to 304.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which fell 0.62% or 0.60 points to trade at 96.35 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 0.41% or 0.30 points to end at 73.30 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was down 0.32% or 0.22 points to 67.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 106 to 43 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.67% or 1.92 to $70.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.74% or 1.42 to hit $79.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1230.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 9.4536, while USD/NOK rose 0.56% to 8.1927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.05.