Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 3.24% or 12.2 points to trade at 388.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 1.53% or 0.35 points to end at 23.30 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 0.92% or 1.2 points to 132.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which fell 2.41% or 0.97 points to trade at 39.20 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 2.11% or 2.80 points to end at 130.00 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 1.94% or 1.18 points to 59.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 92 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $64.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.43 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.60 to trade at $1330.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 9.5848, while USD/NOK fell 0.69% to 7.8276.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 90.27.