Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Auto & components and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 7.87% or 0.57 points to trade at 7.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 3.24% or 2.00 points to end at 63.70 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.52% or 0.54 points to 21.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 6.56% or 18.10 points to trade at 257.80 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 5.69% or 0.06 points to end at 0.98 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was down 2.01% or 2.5 points to 122.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 100 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.14 to $45.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.21 to hit $46.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 3.75 to trade at $1228.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.48% to 9.0876, while USD/NOK rose 0.68% to 8.4902.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.27.