Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 0.82% or 1.7 points to trade at 209.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 0.79% or 1.5 points to end at 191.0 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 0.46% or 0.28 points to 60.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which fell 3.73% or 5.15 points to trade at 132.80 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.46% or 2.45 points to end at 68.30 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 2.99% or 11.6 points to 376.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 122 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) rose to 3-years highs; up 0.82% or 1.7 to 209.5. Shares in Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) rose to all time highs; up 0.79% or 1.5 to 191.0.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.35% or 0.22 to $63.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.44% to 9.6123, while USD/NOK fell 0.21% to 7.8581.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.36.