Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 4.69% or 4.50 points to trade at 100.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 2.69% or 6.80 points to end at 259.70 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 2.39% or 13.00 points to 558.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 2.01% or 1.38 points to trade at 67.32 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 1.76% or 2.40 points to end at 133.60 and Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) was down 1.57% or 1.56 points to 97.64.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 149 to 119 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.82% or 2.68 to $72.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.45% or 2.55 to hit $76.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.75 to trade at $2,671.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.28% to 11.71, while USD/NOK rose 0.62% to 10.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.79.