Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Utilities and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 10.79% or 1.15 points to trade at 11.81 at the close. Meanwhile, BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) added 6.57% or 1.950 points to end at 31.650 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 5.09% or 4.1 points to 84.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 0.47% or 2.00 points to trade at 428.00 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 0.05% or 0.10 points to end at 182.70 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 0.09% or 0.1 points to 65.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 147 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.28% or 0.57 to $45.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $52.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1281.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.41% to 9.9839, while USD/NOK fell 0.56% to 8.7218.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.903.