Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:), which rose 2.97% or 3.60 points to trade at 125.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mowi ASA (OL:) added 2.57% or 5.20 points to end at 207.60 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:) was up 1.02% or 1.10 points to 109.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:), which fell 3.33% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.17 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:) declined 3.16% or 6.70 points to end at 205.30 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:) was down 2.36% or 1.60 points to 66.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 152 to 118 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.00% or 0.79 to $77.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.91% or 0.75 to hit $81.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 34.41 to trade at $2,752.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 11.69, while USD/NOK rose 0.24% to 11.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.82.
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