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 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 2.09% or 2.90 points to trade at 141.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 1.66% or 2.20 points to end at 135.00 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) was up 1.60% or 0.52 points to 32.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 11.07% or 0.61 points to trade at 4.93 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) declined 5.76% or 14.40 points to end at 235.60 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was down 5.40% or 4.40 points to 77.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 161 to 113 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.31% or 0.22 to $70.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.31 to hit $74.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 24.85 to trade at $2,639.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.19% to 11.73, while USD/NOK rose 0.44% to 10.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.65.