Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the OSE Media, OSE Transportation and OSE Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which rose 1.56% or 17.00 points to trade at 1,105.00 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 1.42% or 1.80 points to end at 128.60 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) was up 1.32% or 0.85 points to 65.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR), which fell 1.56% or 4.45 points to trade at 280.45 in late trade. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 1.53% or 9.00 points to end at 581.00 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) down 1.44% or 0.08 points to 5.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 150 to 138 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.53% or 1.10 to $73.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.50% or 1.14 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 31.80 to trade at $2,515.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.35% to 11.76, while USD/NOK rose 0.75% to 10.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 101.36.