Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 2.68% or 8.80 points to trade at 337.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 2.63% or 1.75 points to end at 68.25 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 1.44% or 1.00 points to 70.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which fell 3.17% or 2.65 points to trade at 81.05 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 2.37% or 4.6 points to end at 189.8 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 2.31% or 0.21 points to 8.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 79 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.66% or 0.78 to $47.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.10% or 1.07 to hit $52.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.79 to trade at $1295.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.44% to 9.3007, while USD/NOK fell 0.67% to 7.9157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.42.