Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Diversified Financials and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 6.50% or 2.25 points to trade at 36.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 5.86% or 3.12 points to end at 56.32 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 4.75% or 5.8 points to 126.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 1.75% or 4.80 points to trade at 269.20 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 1.20% or 0.01 points to end at 0.98 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.18% or 4.0 points to 337.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 115 to 71 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 4.49% or 2.94 to $68.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.51% or 1.83 to hit $74.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1270.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.12% to 9.4416, while USD/NOK fell 0.17% to 8.1134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.34.