Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.39% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 7.36% or 16.5 points to trade at 240.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) added 5.71% or 11.50 points to end at 213.00 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 4.16% or 0.80 points to 20.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 3.87% or 12.4 points to trade at 308.2 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 3.64% or 0.19 points to end at 5.03 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 2.82% or 5.2 points to 179.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 90 to 80 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.86 to trade at $1229.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.29% to 9.3665, while USD/NOK fell 0.30% to 8.5718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 99.10.