Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.83% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 5.79% or 5.60 points to trade at 102.30 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 5.32% or 0.82 points to end at 16.23 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 4.86% or 14.80 points to 319.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 7.43% or 20.10 points to trade at 252.52 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 2.02% or 1.16 points to end at 56.28 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was down 1.14% or 1.95 points to 168.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 120 to 62 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) rose to all time highs; rising 5.79% or 5.60 to 102.30. Shares in Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) rose to all time highs; rising 4.86% or 14.80 to 319.60.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.34% or 0.24 to $71.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.49 to hit $78.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1291.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.23% to 9.5571, while USD/NOK fell 0.11% to 8.1138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.53.