Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.00% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 2.04% or 0.38 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 1.52% or 0.50 points to end at 33.30 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.16% or 0.41 points to 35.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 4.97% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.64 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.16% or 0.7 points to end at 16.8 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 3.67% or 5.3 points to 139.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 116 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.26% or 0.55 to $44.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.07% or 0.95 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1322.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.12% to 9.2568, while USD/NOK fell 0.10% to 8.2328.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.31.