Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Commercial Service And Supplies and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 4.73% or 1.48 points to trade at 32.79 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.19% or 0.49 points to end at 15.70 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 2.19% or 1.01 points to 47.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 3.05% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.62 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.16% or 1.5 points to end at 66.3 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was down 2.14% or 2.20 points to 100.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) fell to all time lows; down 3.05% or 0.02 to 0.62.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.03% or 0.72 to $70.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $79.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 5.90 to trade at $1208.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.06% to 9.5251, while USD/NOK fell 0.12% to 8.1481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.04.