Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 2.18% or 2.95 points to trade at 138.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 1.29% or 14.00 points to end at 1,100.00 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 1.02% or 0.95 points to 94.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which fell 6.61% or 4.50 points to trade at 63.60 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 4.08% or 8.00 points to end at 188.00 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) was down 2.99% or 3.40 points to 110.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 182 to 100 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.02% or 0.95 to 94.05.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.52% or 0.39 to $75.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.60% or 0.47 to hit $78.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.75 to trade at $2,542.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 11.66, while USD/NOK rose 0.21% to 10.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.86.