Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 4.01% or 5.00 points to trade at 129.70 at the close. Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR) added 2.90% or 3.30 points to end at 117.10 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 1.93% or 0.32 points to 16.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 4.30% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.07 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 3.41% or 0.6 points to end at 17.6 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) shed 3.27% or 0.63 points to 18.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 84 and 18 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.96% or 0.88 to $44.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.83% or 0.86 to hit $46.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 4.15 to trade at $1327.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.18% to 9.2729, while USD/NOK fell 0.63% to 8.2273.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.22.