Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Storebrand ASA (OL:STB), which rose 4.85% or 1.63 points to trade at 35.23 at the close. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) added 2.15% or 0.3 points to end at 14.2 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 1.45% or 1.4 points to 101.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which lost 6.38% or 1.50 points to trade at 22.00 in late trade. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 4.90% or 0.06 points to end at 1.20 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 4.21% or 0.39 points to 8.77.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 68 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.06% or 1.42 to $44.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 3.16% or 1.54 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.39% or 5.15 to trade at $1311.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.04% to 9.3016, while USD/NOK fell 0.01% to 8.3427.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 96.05.