Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 1.84% or 4.0 points to trade at 221.5 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.15% or 2.9 points to end at 254.1 and Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) was up 1.00% or 2.00 points to 202.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which lost 4.02% or 1.95 points to trade at 46.50 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 3.65% or 5.60 points to end at 147.80 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) shed 2.99% or 0.5 points to 16.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 61 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.77% or 0.42 to $54.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.85% or 0.48 to hit $56.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.01% to 8.8240, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 8.3345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.