Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto & components, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 2.27% or 7.50 points to trade at 337.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 1.70% or 0.27 points to end at 16.14 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 1.32% or 0.90 points to 68.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which fell 3.26% or 3.00 points to trade at 89.00 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.79% or 0.27 points to end at 9.24 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was down 1.88% or 2.9 points to 151.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 81 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.17% or 0.10 to $58.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.00 to trade at $1278.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.49% to 9.8760, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 8.3384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.98.