Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Auto & components and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 10.41% or 7.15 points to trade at 75.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 1.03% or 2.1 points to end at 206.8 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.53% or 0.45 points to 84.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 5.25% or 2.90 points to trade at 52.30 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 4.17% or 7.5 points to end at 172.4 and Statoil ASA (OL:STL) was down 2.35% or 3.3 points to 136.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 108 to 64 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.70% or 1.74 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 1.56 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.21 to trade at $1222.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.53% to 9.5293, while USD/NOK rose 0.63% to 8.4075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.09.