Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Capital Goods and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 1.81% or 0.19 points to trade at 10.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 0.34% or 0.70 points to end at 204.40 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 0.22% or 0.15 points to 67.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which fell 5.73% or 8.0 points to trade at 137.2 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 5.59% or 0.81 points to end at 13.69 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 5.13% or 2.5 points to 47.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 131 to 47 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) rose to all time highs; rising 0.34% or 0.70 to 204.40.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.72% or 0.41 to $57.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.71% or 0.45 to hit $63.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.86 to trade at $1285.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 9.4733, while USD/NOK fell 0.33% to 8.1364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 94.44.