Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Auto & components, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.39% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 4.51% or 9.8 points to trade at 227.0 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 2.96% or 5.00 points to end at 174.00 and Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) was up 1.08% or 0.08 points to 7.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 3.40% or 1.22 points to trade at 34.70 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 3.12% or 3.5 points to end at 108.5 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) shed 3.03% or 2.75 points to 88.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 136 to 44 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.15% or 0.75 to $64.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.76% or 0.53 to hit $68.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1325.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 9.5320, while USD/NOK rose 0.65% to 7.7470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.48.