Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto & components, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Media 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 Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which rose 2.62% or 1.15 points to trade at 45.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 2.34% or 1.55 points to end at 67.90 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 1.92% or 6.10 points to 323.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which fell 1.97% or 4.6 points to trade at 228.9 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 1.82% or 4.50 points to end at 243.40 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 1.73% or 3.3 points to 187.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 90 to 85 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.32% or 0.18 to $57.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1258.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.08% to 9.8780, while USD/NOK rose 1.05% to 8.3854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.81.