Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 4.14% or 3.30 points to trade at 83.10 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 3.43% or 12.40 points to end at 374.40 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 3.21% or 2.15 points to 69.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 4.89% or 9.00 points to trade at 185.00 in late trade. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.00% or 0.69 points to end at 33.85 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 1.52% or 0.15 points to 9.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 117 to 69 and 19 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.80% or 0.49 to $61.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.23% or 0.79 to hit $65.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1355.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.61% to 9.6531, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 7.7626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 88.88.