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

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.34% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 1.80% or 0.60 points to trade at 33.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 1.45% or 1.50 points to end at 104.70 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 1.43% or 3.60 points to 255.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which fell 5.06% or 5.30 points to trade at 99.40 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) declined 4.44% or 6.60 points to end at 142.00 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was down 3.52% or 0.11 points to 3.04.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 168 to 106 and 29 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.28% or 0.90 to $69.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.91% or 50.61 to trade at $2,602.69 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was up 0.39% to 11.83, while USD/NOK rose 0.13% to 11.40.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.00.