Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Energy and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.03% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.13 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 2.69% or 1.15 points to end at 43.95 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.63% or 0.93 points to 36.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which lost 9.17% or 7.10 points to trade at 70.30 in late trade. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 5.41% or 2.5 points to end at 43.5 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) shed 5.11% or 17.10 points to 317.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 81 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $56.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.70 to trade at $1254.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.78% to 9.7628, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 8.2925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.71.