Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 4.14% or 3.30 points to trade at 83.10 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 3.43% or 12.40 points to end at 374.40 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 3.21% or 2.15 points to 69.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 4.89% or 9.00 points to trade at 185.00 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.00% or 0.69 points to end at 33.85 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 1.52% or 0.15 points to 9.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 117 to 69 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.82% or 0.50 to $61.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.26% or 0.81 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1355.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.62% to 9.6527, while USD/NOK fell 0.06% to 7.7616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 88.88.