Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI), which rose 4.23% or 3.55 points to trade at 87.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) added 3.65% or 5.15 points to end at 146.25 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) was up 3.57% or 2.30 points to 66.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which fell 3.37% or 4.50 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) declined 1.90% or 3.70 points to end at 191.10 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) was down 1.78% or 15.50 points to 855.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 148 to 128 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.12 to $80.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $84.24 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 21.95 to trade at $2,308.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.28% to 11.40, while USD/NOK rose 0.59% to 10.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 105.67.