Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Banking and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 4.75% or 1.5 points to trade at 33.3 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) added 2.32% or 2.80 points to end at 123.70 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 2.30% or 2.4 points to 106.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 4.17% or 1.4 points to trade at 32.2 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 3.33% or 0.3 points to end at 7.8 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) shed 3.11% or 1.75 points to 54.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 74 and 18 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.06% or 0.78 to $38.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.77% or 0.31 to hit $40.36 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.50 to trade at $1259.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 1.29% to 9.3959, while USD/NOK fell 1.27% to 8.4064.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 96.04.