Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transport, Telecoms and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 2.32% or 5.0 points to trade at 220.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 1.19% or 0.66 points to end at 56.34 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 1.01% or 3.4 points to 340.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 4.35% or 8.8 points to trade at 193.6 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 3.87% or 7.4 points to end at 184.9 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 3.47% or 0.74 points to 20.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 108 to 75 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.25% or 0.15 to $59.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.01 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.38% or 18.40 to trade at $1348.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.05% to 9.7241, while USD/NOK fell 0.36% to 7.8485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 89.29.