Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media , Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.36%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hafnia Ltd (OL: HAFNI ), which rose 1.39% or 0.60 points to trade at 43.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL: GOGL ) added 0.28% or 0.24 points to end at 86.60 and Storebrand ASA (OL: STB ) was up 0.08% or 0.10 points to 132.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL: YAR ), which fell 2.93% or 9.30 points to trade at 307.90 at the close. Nel ASA (OL: NEL ) declined 2.89% or 0.07 points to end at 2.35 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL: HAUTO ) was down 2.79% or 2.15 points to 75.05.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 197 to 75 and 25 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $71.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 16.79 to trade at $3,162.79 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was up 0.32% to 11.30, while USD/NOK fell 0.29% to 10.40.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 103.43.