Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Commercial Service And Supplies and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.75% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 5.83% or 1.02 points to trade at 18.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 4.92% or 8.05 points to end at 171.65 and Aker ASA (OL:AKER) was up 4.51% or 26.0 points to 602.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 0.27% or 0.11 points to trade at 39.58 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 0.03% or 0.1 points to end at 166.3 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 0.17% or 0.6 points to 357.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 122 to 58 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.92% or 1.52 to $53.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.37% or 1.45 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.05 to trade at $1282.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 9.7211, while USD/NOK rose 0.08% to 8.5562.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 96.002.