Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.51% or 3.70 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) added 2.34% or 0.96 points to end at 42.02 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.41% or 1.70 points to 122.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which fell 4.04% or 4.20 points to trade at 99.70 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 3.47% or 0.11 points to end at 3.03 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) was down 2.04% or 2.10 points to 100.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 146 to 125 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.13% or 0.79 to $70.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.86% or 0.63 to hit $74.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 30.11 to trade at $2,679.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.20% to 11.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.75.