Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Media and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.98% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.09% or 0.77 points to end at 25.65 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.46% or 1.35 points to 56.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 9.47% or 3.3 points to trade at 31.8 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 3.80% or 1.35 points to end at 34.15 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 1.57% or 0.11 points to 6.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 87 to 79 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.70% or 0.65 to $37.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.31% or 0.95 to hit $40.12 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.92% or 11.60 to trade at $1269.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.54% to 9.5192, while USD/NOK rose 0.21% to 8.5387.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.85% at 96.36.