Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 2.77% or 0.83 points to trade at 30.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 0.37% or 0.2 points to end at 49.1 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 0.10% or 0.05 points to 50.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.56% or 0.95 points to trade at 16.15 at the close. Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) declined 5.42% or 4.70 points to end at 82.05 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 3.23% or 3.7 points to 110.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 136 to 41 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.51% or 0.25 to $48.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.52% or 0.27 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.96 to trade at $1293.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.28% to 9.3858, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 7.9466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.07.