Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Energy and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Storebrand ASA (OL:STB), which rose 3.25% or 1.07 points to trade at 34.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 0.10% or 0.03 points to end at 30.78 and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR) was up 0.09% or 0.05 points to 57.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which fell 8.11% or 1.1 points to trade at 11.9 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 4.39% or 0.50 points to end at 10.90 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 4.27% or 0.33 points to 7.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 126 to 60 and 1 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.86% or 0.32 to $36.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.06% or 0.42 to hit $39.69 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.00 to trade at $1073.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 1.29% to 9.4356, while USD/NOK fell 0.54% to 8.6239.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 97.86.