Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto & components, Insurance and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 6.14% or 13.6 points to trade at 235.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 0.96% or 0.65 points to end at 68.55 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 0.85% or 0.60 points to 71.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which fell 6.64% or 10.6 points to trade at 149.2 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 3.12% or 1.25 points to end at 38.80 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 3.00% or 0.32 points to 10.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 117 to 69 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.79% or 0.52 to $66.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 10.40 to trade at $1352.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.46% to 9.5518, while USD/NOK fell 0.67% to 7.6879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.84.