Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Materials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 1.81% or 3.10 points to trade at 174.00 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 1.77% or 8.20 points to end at 471.00 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 1.67% or 1.0 points to 60.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which fell 5.37% or 13.0 points to trade at 229.0 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 3.09% or 5.6 points to end at 174.0 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 2.60% or 3.0 points to 112.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 111 to 65 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) rose to all time highs; up 1.77% or 8.20 to 471.00. Shares in Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.67% or 1.0 to 60.9.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $67.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.90 to trade at $1314.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.55% to 9.6532, while USD/NOK fell 0.70% to 8.0647.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.38.