Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Materials, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 0.30% or 0.30 points to trade at 100.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) added 0.23% or 0.16 points to end at 70.00 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 0.03% or 0.01 points to 18.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 5.07% or 25.50 points to trade at 477.00 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 4.10% or 2.6 points to end at 61.2 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 3.57% or 1.74 points to 46.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 120 to 57 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.32% or 0.88 to $67.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.22% or 0.88 to hit $72.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1219.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.48% to 9.5434, while USD/NOK rose 0.61% to 8.3697.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.78% at 96.20.