Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY), which rose 2.85% or 1.01 points to trade at 36.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OSLO:DETNOR) added 2.45% or 1.22 points to end at 51.05 and DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) was up 0.92% or 0.10 points to 11.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS), which fell 3.23% or 0.5 points to trade at 13.5 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) declined 1.85% or 0.90 points to end at 47.70 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) was down 1.82% or 5.6 points to 301.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 85 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) fell to all time lows; down 3.23% or 0.5 to 13.5.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.40% or 1.96 to $59.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.41% or 2.13 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1190.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 8.5662, while USD/NOK fell 0.17% to 7.7926.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 96.95.