Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 0.89% or 3.80 points to trade at 431.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 0.54% or 1.10 points to end at 203.60 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 0.44% or 0.09 points to 19.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 3.43% or 16.60 points to trade at 467.60 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 3.34% or 2.5 points to end at 72.4 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 2.81% or 2.6 points to 90.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 84 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.81% or 2.6 to 90.5.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.32% or 0.72 to $53.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.12% or 0.71 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1228.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.27% to 9.7360, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 8.5349.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.380.