Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 2.59% or 3.10 points to trade at 122.90 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 1.95% or 1.5 points to end at 77.5 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) was up 1.57% or 2.1 points to 136.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 8.87% or 0.07 points to trade at 0.72 in late trade. Aker ASA (OL:AKER) declined 3.80% or 24.0 points to end at 608.0 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) shed 3.33% or 9.00 points to 263.93.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 64 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.86% or 0.53 to $61.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.08% or 0.78 to hit $71.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.16% to 9.5252, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 8.3455.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 96.12.