Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Banking and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker ASA (OL:AKER), which rose 1.61% or 9.0 points to trade at 569.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) added 1.41% or 1.02 points to end at 73.36 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.26% or 0.18 points to 14.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 6.55% or 25.0 points to trade at 356.5 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 4.83% or 2.85 points to end at 56.15 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 4.29% or 0.03 points to 0.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 104 to 81 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.83% or 2.85 to 56.15.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.74% or 0.97 to $56.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.83% or 1.20 to hit $66.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.30 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 9.6192, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 8.5021.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.84.