Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Insurance and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.33% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) added 3.70% or 0.5 points to end at 14.0 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 2.96% or 0.6 points to 20.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA), which fell 1.36% or 0.75 points to trade at 54.50 at the close. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 1.03% or 0.1 points to end at 8.6 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 0.97% or 0.30 points to 30.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 115 to 50 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.99% or 1.29 to $44.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.99% or 1.36 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.39% or 5.15 to trade at $1322.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.51% to 9.2851, while USD/NOK fell 0.14% to 8.3239.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.92.