Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Diversified Financials and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.24% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE), which rose 2.15% or 1.2 points to trade at 59.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) added 1.89% or 0.3 points to end at 14.0 and Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG) was up 0.67% or 0.40 points to 60.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 4.48% or 4.3 points to trade at 92.7 at the close. DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) declined 3.29% or 0.37 points to end at 10.88 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) was down 3.16% or 1.43 points to 43.87.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 125 to 53 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.37% or 0.83 to $59.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.28% or 0.83 to hit $64.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1180.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 1.45% to 8.7029, while USD/NOK fell 1.60% to 7.7179.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 94.81.