Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.48% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.65 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.21% or 0.45 points to end at 14.46 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 2.82% or 1.60 points to 58.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 3.85% or 16.80 points to trade at 420.00 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.28% or 3.90 points to end at 115.00 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 1.29% or 0.90 points to 69.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 80 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.57% or 0.38 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.86% or 22.30 to trade at $1221.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.6317, while USD/NOK fell 0.54% to 8.4440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.35.