Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Diversified Financials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 0.74% or 1.10 points to trade at 149.20 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 0.58% or 1.30 points to end at 223.80 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 0.45% or 0.01 points to 1.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.56% or 0.99 points to trade at 16.81 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 5.21% or 3.55 points to end at 64.55 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 4.93% or 0.40 points to 7.62.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 101 to 71 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.11% or 0.05 to $45.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.05% or 13.57 to trade at $1279.63 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.46% to 9.5199, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 8.4901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.98.