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.