Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Statoil ASA (OL:STL), which rose 1.75% or 2.5 points to trade at 145.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 1.52% or 2.20 points to end at 147.00 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.12% or 0.10 points to 8.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.86% or 1.06 points to trade at 17.03 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.69% or 0.95 points to end at 34.33 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) was down 1.96% or 1.60 points to 79.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 86 to 85 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.74% or 0.36 to $49.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.00% or 0.51 to hit $51.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.47 to trade at $1257.87 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.2762, while USD/NOK rose 0.78% to 7.9543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 93.86.