Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Storebrand ASA (OL:STB), which rose 4.85% or 1.63 points to trade at 35.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) added 2.15% or 0.3 points to end at 14.2 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 1.45% or 1.4 points to 101.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which fell 6.38% or 1.50 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 4.90% or 0.06 points to end at 1.20 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 4.21% or 0.39 points to 8.77.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 106 to 68 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.06% or 1.42 to $44.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.22% or 1.57 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 5.05 to trade at $1311.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.04% to 9.3009, while USD/NOK fell 0.02% to 8.3419.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.04.