Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Insurance, Diversified Financials and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC), which rose 2.50% or 7.5 points to trade at 307.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG) added 2.16% or 1.90 points to end at 89.75 and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) was up 2.05% or 0.03 points to 1.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 6.53% or 6.7 points to trade at 95.2 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT) declined 3.22% or 1.09 points to end at 32.81 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) was down 3.06% or 1.9 points to 60.1.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 102 to 77 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.56 to $56.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.00% or 0.01 to hit $62.06 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1187.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.13% to 8.5676, while USD/NOK rose 1.15% to 7.8575.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.46.