Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Orkla ASA (OSLO:ORK), which rose 4.50% or 2.60 points to trade at 60.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) added 3.17% or 15.5 points to end at 505.0 and DnB ASA (OSLO:DNB) was up 2.39% or 3.2 points to 137.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 8.16% or 9.0 points to trade at 101.3 at the close. DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) declined 7.68% or 1.07 points to end at 12.86 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OSLO:TGS) was down 7.63% or 15.1 points to 182.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 122 to 55 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.89% or 1.15 to $59.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.94% or 1.31 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.61% or 7.30 to trade at $1183.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.24% to 8.4151, while USD/NOK rose 0.34% to 7.4600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 94.73.