Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Telecoms and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 2.52% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.96 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 2.21% or 0.59 points to end at 27.30 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.16% or 0.53 points to 46.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which lost 2.50% or 1.65 points to trade at 64.25 in late trade. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 2.11% or 0.78 points to end at 36.12 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 1.69% or 4.6 points to 268.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 80 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.81% or 0.37 to $45.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.18 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.75 to trade at $1209.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.27% to 9.1013, while USD/NOK rose 0.55% to 8.5899.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 101.33.