Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Technology Hardware & Equipment 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 Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 9.62% or 7.50 points to trade at 85.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 6.83% or 11.7 points to end at 183.0 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 5.25% or 1.67 points to 33.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 2.98% or 2.25 points to trade at 73.25 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.51% or 0.23 points to end at 8.74 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 2.28% or 1.0 points to 44.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 69 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.52% or 0.86 to $57.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.96% or 1.22 to hit $63.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1249.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.20% to 9.7706, while USD/NOK fell 0.10% to 8.3084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.95.