Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Telecoms and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 4.81% or 1.37 points to trade at 29.85 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 4.05% or 0.31 points to end at 7.96 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 2.33% or 0.02 points to 0.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 6.10% or 1.6 points to trade at 25.1 in late trade. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 2.41% or 4.4 points to end at 178.1 and Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) shed 2.13% or 3.70 points to 169.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 91 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.29 to $51.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $54.14 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.74% or 8.65 to trade at $1178.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 8.9771, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 8.4148.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 100.84.