Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 6.50% or 7.10 points to trade at 116.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 3.00% or 31.00 points to end at 1,064.00 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was up 2.29% or 0.13 points to 5.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which fell 1.15% or 1.60 points to trade at 137.40 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) declined 1.13% or 1.80 points to end at 158.00 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was down 0.22% or 0.20 points to 90.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 174 to 105 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.59% or 0.45 to $76.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.47% or 0.37 to hit $79.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 4.25 to trade at $2,467.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.35% to 11.80, while USD/NOK fell 0.29% to 10.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.91.