Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 7.12% or 0.94 points to trade at 14.14 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 2.45% or 0.76 points to end at 31.80 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 0.81% or 1.2 points to 149.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which fell 4.83% or 9.6 points to trade at 189.2 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 3.03% or 4.40 points to end at 140.60 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) was down 2.32% or 1.85 points to 77.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 74 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.18% or 0.66 to $56.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $62.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.80 to trade at $1255.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.26% to 9.7851, while USD/NOK rose 0.29% to 8.2979.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.62.