Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Banking and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 0.18% or 0.15 points to trade at 83.70 at the close. Meanwhile, REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) unchanged 0.10% or 0.00 points to end at 1.03 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 0.07% or 0.10 points to 153.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 4.32% or 3.00 points to trade at 66.50 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 4.17% or 6.00 points to end at 138.00 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 4.10% or 0.64 points to 14.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 123 to 51 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.19 to $46.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.54 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.21 to trade at $1290.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 9.3325, while USD/NOK rose 0.37% to 7.9535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.58.