Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto & components, Diversified Financials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Orkla ASA (OL:ORK), which rose 4.28% or 2.84 points to trade at 69.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 2.52% or 2.60 points to end at 105.80 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 1.88% or 1.18 points to 63.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 3.12% or 1.24 points to trade at 38.51 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 2.39% or 7.60 points to end at 310.30 and BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) was down 2.31% or 1.200 points to 50.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 123 to 83 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.71% or 0.47 to $65.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.25 to trade at $1278.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.45% to 9.6351, while USD/NOK rose 1.05% to 8.6340.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.692.