Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Materials and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.76% or 0.79 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 3.40% or 3.8 points to end at 115.5 and BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) was up 2.96% or 1.380 points to 48.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 2.04% or 8.60 points to trade at 413.00 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 2.00% or 0.120 points to end at 5.890 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was down 1.88% or 2.00 points to 104.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 131 to 81 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.72% or 0.45 to $62.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1296.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 9.6670, while USD/NOK rose 0.22% to 8.6175.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.032.