Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Banking and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 3.09% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.17 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 1.95% or 0.90 points to end at 46.50 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 1.92% or 5.3 points to 280.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which lost 2.99% or 4.0 points to trade at 130.0 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.44% or 0.71 points to end at 26.43 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) shed 1.98% or 0.68 points to 33.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 81 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.71% or 0.36 to $50.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.18% or 37.00 to trade at $1126.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.15% to 9.0208, while USD/NOK rose 1.30% to 8.6900.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.35% at 103.41.