Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto & components and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 7.87% or 0.57 points to trade at 7.81 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 3.24% or 2.00 points to end at 63.70 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.52% or 0.54 points to 21.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 6.56% or 18.10 points to trade at 257.80 in late trade. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 5.69% or 0.06 points to end at 0.98 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) shed 2.01% or 2.5 points to 122.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.14 to $45.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.21 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.65 to trade at $1228.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.48% to 9.0878, while USD/NOK rose 0.69% to 8.4906.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.27.