Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Energy and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.03% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 2.69% or 1.15 points to end at 43.95 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.63% or 0.93 points to 36.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 9.17% or 7.10 points to trade at 70.30 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 5.41% or 2.5 points to end at 43.5 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was down 5.11% or 17.10 points to 317.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 81 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.36 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.70 to trade at $1254.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.78% to 9.7628, while USD/NOK fell 0.39% to 8.2922.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.71.