Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.33%

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

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO ), which rose 1.31% or 1.80 points to trade at 139.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS ) added 0.93% or 0.11 points to end at 11.95 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC ) was up 0.87% or 1.60 points to 186.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI ), which fell 1.63% or 3.05 points to trade at 184.20 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS ) declined 1.49% or 1.60 points to end at 105.80 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR ) was down 1.18% or 0.39 points to 32.54.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 151 to 119 and 30 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO ) rose to all time highs; up 1.31% or 1.80 to 139.60.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $69.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.55 to trade at $2,597.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.20% to 11.77, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 10.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.59.

Source: Investing.com