Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Materials and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which rose 1.63% or 0.8 points to trade at 47.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 0.54% or 0.6 points to end at 120.7 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was up 0.43% or 0.40 points to 92.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 3.52% or 0.38 points to trade at 10.42 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) declined 3.47% or 12.2 points to end at 339.0 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 2.75% or 0.70 points to 24.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 133 to 42 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.99% or 0.61 to $61.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.16% or 0.75 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.20 to trade at $1310.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.31% to 9.6050, while USD/NOK fell 0.46% to 7.8653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.59.