Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Materials and Diversified Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.50% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 5.73% or 0.32 points to trade at 5.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) added 3.98% or 3.60 points to end at 94.05 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 2.74% or 0.38 points to 14.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which fell 4.28% or 1.34 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) declined 3.37% or 2.82 points to end at 80.86 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 1.06% or 2.3 points to 215.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 127 to 55 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.74% or 0.38 to 14.07.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.76% or 0.51 to $67.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.06% or 0.76 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1348.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 9.5667, while USD/NOK fell 0.08% to 7.7645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.53.