Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Media and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 1.74% or 5.40 points to trade at 315.60 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 1.53% or 0.16 points to end at 10.65 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 1.10% or 0.27 points to 24.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 2.47% or 5.6 points to trade at 221.4 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.44% or 3.2 points to end at 130.0 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 2.43% or 6.2 points to 249.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 114 to 64 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.72% or 0.47 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.61% or 0.43 to hit $70.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1359.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.32% to 9.5805, while USD/NOK fell 0.93% to 7.6740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.