Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.80% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.80 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 1.76% or 0.27 points to end at 15.61 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 1.70% or 6.0 points to 359.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR), which fell 1.82% or 3.9 points to trade at 210.6 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 1.81% or 0.79 points to end at 42.80 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 1.10% or 1.4 points to 121.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 81 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.65% or 0.45 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.60 to hit $74.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.00 to trade at $1225.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.17% to 9.5259, while USD/NOK rose 0.47% to 8.1732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 94.47.