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 lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 2.26% or 2.80 points to trade at 126.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) added 2.17% or 3.05 points to end at 143.50 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 2.02% or 1.34 points to 67.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 1.65% or 5.00 points to trade at 298.20 at the close. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) declined 1.63% or 1.45 points to end at 87.50 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) was down 1.55% or 0.60 points to 38.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 151 to 135 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $82.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.17% or 0.15 to hit $86.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.64% or 38.25 to trade at $2,371.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.65% to 11.39, while USD/NOK fell 1.17% to 10.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 104.86.