Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Energy and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 5.85% or 0.6 points to trade at 10.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.52% or 8.7 points to end at 256.0 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 2.08% or 8.8 points to 432.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.59% or 1.31 points to trade at 22.14 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 3.77% or 0.29 points to end at 7.41 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 3.52% or 5.20 points to 142.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 121 to 46 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 2.37% or 1.19 to $49.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.22% or 1.18 to hit $51.93 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.05 to trade at $1203.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.70% to 9.0739, while USD/NOK rose 0.30% to 8.5745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 101.93.