Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Media and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which rose 0.89% or 0.8 points to trade at 96.8 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) added 0.63% or 0.29 points to end at 46.60 and Telenor ASA (OSLO:TEL) was up 0.50% or 0.9 points to 179.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG), which lost 8.82% or 6.15 points to trade at 63.55 in late trade. Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) declined 5.44% or 0.10 points to end at 1.72 and Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) shed 3.17% or 2.25 points to 68.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 72 and 4 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.40% or 0.81 to $58.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.35% or 0.86 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1208.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.15% to 8.4079, while USD/NOK rose 0.71% to 7.5852.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.73.