Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Auto & components and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 4.20% or 9.8 points to trade at 243.4 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 2.34% or 0.18 points to end at 7.88 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 1.76% or 3.9 points to 225.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which lost 6.00% or 11.2 points to trade at 175.6 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.44% or 0.24 points to end at 5.17 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) shed 4.08% or 9.10 points to 213.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 72 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.42% or 1.57 to $47.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.16% or 1.54 to hit $50.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 5.83 to trade at $1221.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.89% to 9.3634, while USD/NOK fell 0.86% to 8.6135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 99.45.