Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Diversified Financials and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 4.65% or 0.31 points to trade at 6.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 0.65% or 1.15 points to end at 178.40 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.02% or 0.02 points to 85.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which fell 3.60% or 1.36 points to trade at 36.44 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.57% or 3.0 points to end at 111.8 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 2.51% or 5.20 points to 202.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 116 to 65 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $60.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $64.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1324.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.33% to 9.5546, while USD/NOK fell 0.18% to 7.7237.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.72.