Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Auto & components, Commercial Service And Supplies and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which rose 0.82% or 1.4 points to trade at 165.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 0.64% or 0.8 points to end at 118.0 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 0.60% or 0.70 points to 116.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which fell 5.51% or 18.0 points to trade at 308.5 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 4.54% or 9.60 points to end at 201.80 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 3.90% or 13.00 points to 320.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 129 to 58 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.28% or 1.71 to $73.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.95% or 1.66 to hit $83.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1192.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.29% to 9.4733, while USD/NOK fell 0.69% to 8.2101.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.09.