Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Diversified Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 0.17% or 0.08 points to trade at 48.10 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) fell 0.14% or 0.60 points to end at 438.80 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 0.24% or 1.00 points to 409.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.33% or 1.14 points to trade at 20.26 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 4.41% or 1.99 points to end at 43.11 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was down 4.15% or 0.260 points to 5.890.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 163 to 48 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.98% or 1.19 to $58.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.80% or 1.22 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.35 to trade at $1311.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.62% to 9.6736, while USD/NOK rose 1.34% to 8.5680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.185.