Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Auto & components and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which rose 3.33% or 14.10 points to trade at 437.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 2.46% or 6.5 points to end at 270.3 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 2.13% or 1.70 points to 81.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 6.96% or 2.31 points to trade at 30.89 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 4.97% or 0.58 points to end at 11.01 and Elkem ASA (OL:ELK) was down 2.77% or 0.62 points to 21.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 134 to 79 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.13% or 1.70 to 81.42.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.49% or 1.93 to $53.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.22% or 1.33 to hit $58.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.89% or 28.55 to trade at $1537.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.43% to 9.9884, while USD/NOK fell 0.13% to 8.9655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 97.597.