Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:), which rose 2.18% or 2.95 points to trade at 138.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:) added 1.29% or 14.00 points to end at 1,100.00 and Orkla ASA (OL:) was up 1.02% or 0.95 points to 94.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:), which fell 6.61% or 4.50 points to trade at 63.60 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:) declined 4.08% or 8.00 points to end at 188.00 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:) was down 2.99% or 3.40 points to 110.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 182 to 100 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orkla ASA (OL:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.02% or 0.95 to 94.05.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.52% or 0.39 to $75.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.60% or 0.47 to hit $78.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.75 to trade at $2,542.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 11.66, while USD/NOK rose 0.21% to 10.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 100.86.
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