Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Capital Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 3.15% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.80 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.90% or 13.00 points to end at 461.20 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 1.42% or 3.5 points to 249.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.18% or 1.53 points to trade at 35.09 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.87% or 0.43 points to end at 14.57 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 2.32% or 1.65 points to 69.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 116 to 58 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.19% or 0.87 to $73.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.43% or 0.33 to hit $77.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.50 to trade at $1255.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.4255, while USD/NOK fell 0.39% to 8.0296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.79.