Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto & components, Transport and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 3.01% or 2.65 points to trade at 90.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 2.04% or 1.40 points to end at 70.00 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 1.74% or 1.04 points to 61.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which fell 2.27% or 0.89 points to trade at 38.31 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 1.64% or 2.2 points to end at 129.2 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.21% or 4.7 points to 385.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 108 to 72 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.65 to $63.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.01% or 0.70 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.60 to trade at $1334.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.10% to 9.6100, while USD/NOK rose 0.08% to 7.8507.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.32.