Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.13%

Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media , Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO ), which rose 3.17% or 3.90 points to trade at 127.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS ) added 2.94% or 0.33 points to end at 11.37 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI ) was up 2.86% or 1.75 points to 63.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL ), which fell 5.89% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.92 at the close. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR ) declined 0.95% or 2.55 points to end at 266.70 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM ) was down 0.88% or 1.40 points to 158.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 150 to 113 and 36 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nel ASA (OL:NEL ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.89% or 0.18 to 2.92.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.29% or 0.20 to $68.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.31 to hit $72.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 1.46 to trade at $2,663.34 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 11.67, while USD/NOK rose 0.26% to 11.06.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.15.

Source: Investing.com