Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 2.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 9.60% or 1.28 points to trade at 14.62 at the close. Meanwhile, BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) added 8.41% or 2.800 points to end at 36.100 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 8.07% or 4.15 points to 55.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which rose 0.30% or 0.4 points to trade at 135.2 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 0.79% or 1.35 points to end at 173.05 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI) was up 0.82% or 1.50 points to 184.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 135 to 50 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.04% or 0.96 to $48.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.09% or 1.17 to hit $57.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.20 to trade at $1287.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.71% to 9.8277, while USD/NOK fell 0.89% to 8.6113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 95.667.