Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Transport and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which rose 4.02% or 16.80 points to trade at 435.00 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.78% or 14.00 points to end at 517.50 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 1.86% or 3.35 points to 183.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 3.87% or 1.54 points to trade at 38.26 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.45% or 2.9 points to end at 113.7 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 2.44% or 0.02 points to 0.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 111 to 64 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) rose to all time highs; up 4.02% or 16.80 to 435.00. Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.78% or 14.00 to 517.50. Shares in Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.86% or 3.35 to 183.90.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.85% or 1.25 to $68.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.27% or 0.92 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.80 to trade at $1222.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.15% to 9.5512, while USD/NOK rose 0.52% to 8.2217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 94.78.