Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Diversified Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.98% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 3.75% or 11.9 points to trade at 329.2 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 3.48% or 1.11 points to end at 33.00 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 2.90% or 10.50 points to 372.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which fell 1.10% or 1.70 points to trade at 152.40 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 0.72% or 1.2 points to end at 165.2 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 0.58% or 0.07 points to 12.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 84 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.90% or 10.50 to 372.70.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.44% or 0.21 to $47.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.04 to trade at $1329.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.22% to 9.2633, while USD/NOK rose 0.48% to 7.7984.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.67.