Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Insurance and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 2.31% or 1.80 points to trade at 80.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) added 2.25% or 8.8 points to end at 396.1 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.71% or 5.80 points to 345.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 2.24% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.63 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 2.03% or 3.3 points to end at 159.1 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) was down 2.00% or 2.8 points to 137.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 85 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.25% or 8.8 to 396.1. Shares in Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) rose to all time highs; up 1.71% or 5.80 to 345.40.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.72% or 1.24 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.02% or 1.64 to hit $83.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 9.00 to trade at $1196.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.38% to 9.4577, while USD/NOK fell 0.26% to 8.1355.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.62.