Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE), which rose 7.06% or 3.9 points to trade at 59.1 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGL) added 2.86% or 0.15 points to end at 5.39 and Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) was up 1.02% or 0.65 points to 64.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG), which lost 5.61% or 5.55 points to trade at 93.30 in late trade. Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) declined 4.33% or 0.11 points to end at 2.52 and Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG) shed 4.08% or 2.70 points to 63.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 63 and 1 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.75% or 0.83 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.50% or 0.82 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.42% or 5.00 to trade at $1196.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.31% to 8.6099, while USD/NOK rose 0.01% to 7.8539.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 97.14.