Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 0.82% or 1.7 points to trade at 209.5 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 0.79% or 1.5 points to end at 191.0 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 0.46% or 0.28 points to 60.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which lost 3.73% or 5.15 points to trade at 132.80 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.46% or 2.45 points to end at 68.30 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) shed 2.99% or 11.6 points to 376.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.38% or 0.24 to $63.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.27% or 0.19 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.44% to 9.6122, while USD/NOK fell 0.21% to 7.8583.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 90.36.