Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 1.70%

Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 1.70%

Oct 18, 2018

Norway stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Pharma Biotech&Life Sciences and Media sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.70% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 96.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 73.30 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 43.13 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 96.35 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 73.30 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 43.13.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.70% or 0.49 to $69.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.47 to hit $79.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.90 to trade at $1232.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 9.4792, while USD/NOK rose 0.46% to 8.2485.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.44.

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