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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 2.97% or 3.60 points to trade at 125.00 at the close. Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI) added 2.57% or 5.20 points to end at 207.60 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) was up 1.02% or 1.10 points to 109.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 3.33% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.17 in late trade. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) declined 3.16% or 6.70 points to end at 205.30 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) down 2.36% or 1.60 points to 66.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 152 to 118 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.13% or 0.89 to $77.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.02% or 0.84 to hit $81.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 34.76 to trade at $2,752.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.35% to 11.69, while USD/NOK rose 0.23% to 11.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 108.81.