Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 1.14% or 2.3 points to trade at 204.8 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) added 0.87% or 0.06 points to end at 6.38 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 0.86% or 0.41 points to 47.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 3.51% or 6.80 points to trade at 186.80 in late trade. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 3.49% or 1.44 points to end at 39.83 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) shed 3.41% or 4.8 points to 136.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 78 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.62% or 0.85 to $51.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.69% or 0.93 to hit $53.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 14.10 to trade at $1280.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.61% to 9.1879, while USD/NOK rose 0.82% to 8.5814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 99.75.