Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Diversified Financials and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.52% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 3.88% or 2.20 points to trade at 58.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 1.94% or 5.6 points to end at 294.9 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 0.74% or 1.50 points to 205.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which fell 5.09% or 12.00 points to trade at 224.97 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 4.86% or 4.4 points to end at 105.0 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 4.18% or 0.57 points to 12.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 113 to 68 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 6.86% or 3.75 to $50.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 6.36% or 3.98 to hit $58.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 4.90 to trade at $1223.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.14% to 9.7463, while USD/NOK rose 0.75% to 8.5991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.835.