Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Telecoms and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR), which rose 5.49% or 4.25 points to trade at 81.60 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 4.00% or 0.34 points to end at 8.85 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 0.74% or 0.2 points to 26.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 5.91% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.78 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) declined 4.23% or 1.4 points to end at 31.7 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) shed 2.67% or 0.2 points to 9.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.89% or 0.44 to $48.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $49.68 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 2.46% or 29.85 to trade at $1242.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.2956, while USD/NOK fell 1.59% to 8.2006.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.52% at 94.11.