Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto & components, Telecoms and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 2.88% or 1.00 points to trade at 35.70 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 2.83% or 1.3 points to end at 47.3 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.80% or 0.21 points to 11.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which lost 2.57% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.83 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 2.30% or 4.00 points to end at 170.00 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) shed 1.33% or 0.85 points to 63.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 91 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.60% or 1.03 to $65.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.41% or 0.97 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.80 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.52% to 9.5838, while USD/NOK rose 0.05% to 7.7536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 89.08.