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

Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI), which lost 1.63% or 3.05 points to trade at 184.20 in late trade. 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) shed 1.18% or 0.39 points to 32.54.

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

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.14% or 0.10 to $69.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 5.75 to trade at $2,598.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 11.77, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 10.59.

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