Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 4.56% or 6.15 points to trade at 141.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Nel ASA (OL:NEL) added 4.01% or 0.24 points to end at 6.12 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 0.05% or 0.15 points to 290.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS), which fell 3.86% or 0.44 points to trade at 10.95 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 2.22% or 1.34 points to end at 59.06 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) was down 2.11% or 3.80 points to 176.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 162 to 116 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.01% or 0.79 to $77.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.59 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 20.30 to trade at $2,493.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.46% to 11.76, while USD/NOK unchanged 0.03% to 10.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 104.10.