Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Diversified Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 5.22% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 5.04% or 3.35 points to end at 69.80 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 4.81% or 0.47 points to 10.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 1.32% or 4.9 points to trade at 365.0 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) declined 0.66% or 1.0 points to end at 150.7 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 0.55% or 1.0 points to 181.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 117 to 51 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.97% or 1.13 to $58.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.04% or 1.28 to hit $63.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 8.82 to trade at $1282.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.42% to 9.8605, while USD/NOK fell 0.41% to 8.2848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.80.