Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Commercial Service And Supplies and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 2.15% or 1.90 points to trade at 90.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 1.03% or 0.6 points to end at 54.9 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 0.52% or 1.80 points to 347.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 2.20% or 0.31 points to trade at 13.80 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.17% or 0.77 points to end at 34.64 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was down 2.15% or 4.6 points to 209.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 118 to 54 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $65.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.50% or 1.12 to hit $73.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.90 to trade at $1269.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.27% to 9.4422, while USD/NOK fell 0.49% to 8.1407.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 94.57.