Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 2.76% or 1.65 points to trade at 61.35 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 2.09% or 0.26 points to end at 12.71 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 2.00% or 3.8 points to 193.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which lost 6.73% or 16.6 points to trade at 229.9 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 3.45% or 7.30 points to end at 204.50 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) shed 2.91% or 2.15 points to 71.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 75 and 36 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.09% or 1.19 to $58.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.96% or 0.60 to hit $63.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.59 to trade at $1291.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.6531, while USD/NOK fell 0.28% to 8.1879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 93.43.