Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Energy and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 7.69% or 2.96 points to trade at 41.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.65% or 0.93 points to end at 20.94 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 1.44% or 3.4 points to 239.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 4.73% or 5.00 points to trade at 100.80 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 3.03% or 1.94 points to end at 62.02 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 2.96% or 11.80 points to 386.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 93 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.29% or 0.19 to $65.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $74.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1279.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.6533, while USD/NOK rose 0.38% to 8.6695.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.873.