Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Insurance and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which rose 3.33% or 4.2 points to trade at 130.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 3.20% or 7.4 points to end at 238.4 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 2.57% or 1.01 points to 40.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 4.63% or 4.25 points to trade at 87.45 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.95% or 1.6 points to end at 52.6 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.90% or 6.80 points to 350.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 71 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.64% or 0.43 to $66.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.96 to hit $76.60 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.10 to trade at $1297.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.31% to 9.5349, while USD/NOK fell 0.18% to 8.1649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.06.