Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Energy and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which rose 6.03% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT) added 4.97% or 1.44 points to end at 30.39 and Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG) was up 1.77% or 1.05 points to 60.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 7.80% or 7.1 points to trade at 84.0 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) declined 4.47% or 1.99 points to end at 42.50 and Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) was down 4.03% or 0.5 points to 12.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 100 to 78 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) fell to all time lows; losing 4.03% or 0.5 to 12.8.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.25% or 0.15 to $60.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.89% or 22.30 to trade at $1199.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.89% to 8.8450, while USD/NOK rose 1.30% to 7.7575.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 94.03.