Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Software & Computer Services and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which rose 1.58% or 0.1 points to trade at 9.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.37% or 4.7 points to end at 346.7 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 0.07% or 0.10 points to 139.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 7.48% or 2.1 points to trade at 25.7 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 7.24% or 1.74 points to end at 22.30 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 6.38% or 0.43 points to 6.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 106 to 62 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) rose to all time highs; rising 0.07% or 0.10 to 139.80.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.41% or 0.20 to $48.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.15 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.85 to trade at $1209.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.49% to 9.2805, while USD/NOK fell 0.71% to 8.3190.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 95.61.