Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Media and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.09% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 5.52% or 0.99 points to trade at 18.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 3.34% or 2.55 points to end at 78.85 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 3.00% or 0.99 points to 34.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 2.20% or 1.30 points to trade at 57.80 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.08% or 0.24 points to end at 11.32 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) was down 1.68% or 1.40 points to 82.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 108 to 63 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.92 to trade at $1299.72 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.01% to 9.3177, while USD/NOK fell 0.15% to 7.7882.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.84.