Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 2.49% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR), which fell 0.43% or 0.40 points to trade at 92.55 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) fell 0.92% or 2.2 points to end at 236.2 and Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) was down 0.98% or 0.65 points to 65.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 9.74% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.40 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 9.53% or 0.9 points to end at 8.7 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) shed 9.53% or 2.08 points to 19.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 159 to 22 and 14 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.52% or 1.69 to $46.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.75 to hit $47.22 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.65% or 21.25 to trade at $1309.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.92% to 9.4416, while USD/NOK rose 1.86% to 8.4630.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 95.34.