Norway Stock Market Overview

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 0.91%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were:
– Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO): rose 4.31% or 9.80 points to trade at 237.00.
– Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY): added 3.80% or 2.46 points to end at 67.18.
– Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI): up 2.75% or 5.00 points to 187.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD): fell 24.19% or 34.15 points to trade at 107.05.
– Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC): declined 6.99% or 12.70 points to end at 169.10.
– Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP): down 4.94% or 11.30 points to 217.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 171 to 120, with 16 ending unchanged.

Shares in Aker BP ASA fell to 3-year lows, down 4.94% or 11.30 to 217.50.

Commodities Update

• Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.25% or 1.57 to $68.12 a barrel.
• Brent oil for December fell 2.03% or 1.48 to $71.42 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures rose 0.17% or 4.50 to trade at $2,689.20 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• EUR/NOK was down 0.21% to 11.74.
• USD/NOK fell 0.45% to 10.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.37.