Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Capital Goods, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 1.15% or 0.70 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 1.13% or 0.41 points to end at 36.64 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 0.85% or 2.5 points to 297.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which fell 6.33% or 2.61 points to trade at 38.65 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 4.43% or 0.05 points to end at 1.01 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 3.38% or 4.6 points to 131.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 91 to 78 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.97% or 0.48 to $49.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.89% or 0.45 to hit $50.02 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1269.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.0400, while USD/NOK fell 0.00% to 8.2652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.70.