Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.00% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 2.04% or 0.38 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 1.52% or 0.50 points to end at 33.30 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.16% or 0.41 points to 35.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which lost 4.97% or 0.40 points to trade at 7.64 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.16% or 0.7 points to end at 16.8 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 3.67% or 5.3 points to 139.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.24% or 0.54 to $44.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.03% or 0.93 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1322.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.11% to 9.2573, while USD/NOK fell 0.10% to 8.2333.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.31.