Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto & components, Transport and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 3.01% or 2.65 points to trade at 90.75 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 2.04% or 1.40 points to end at 70.00 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 1.74% or 1.04 points to 61.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 2.27% or 0.89 points to trade at 38.31 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 1.64% or 2.2 points to end at 129.2 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) shed 1.21% or 4.7 points to 385.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 72 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.65 to $63.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.01% or 0.70 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.60 to trade at $1334.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.10% to 9.6100, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 7.8503.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 90.32.