Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Telecoms and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 4.99% or 2.12 points to trade at 44.58 at the close. Meanwhile, DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 2.37% or 3.6 points to end at 153.3 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 1.62% or 7.60 points to 476.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 15.59% or 2.41 points to trade at 13.02 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 2.55% or 0.150 points to end at 5.550 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 1.81% or 4.2 points to 229.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 111 to 95 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.37% or 0.20 to $53.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $62.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1349.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 9.7899, while USD/NOK fell 0.12% to 8.7305.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.928.