Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 11.43% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 1.66% or 3.20 points to end at 195.80 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.07% or 0.70 points to 66.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 4.11% or 2.80 points to trade at 65.25 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 3.48% or 6.3 points to end at 174.7 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 2.99% or 0.46 points to 14.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 86 to 80 and 40 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.61% or 0.35 to $57.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.10 to trade at $1268.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.75% to 9.9626, while USD/NOK rose 0.44% to 8.3878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.89.