Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Auto & components and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA), which rose 4.29% or 2.55 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 2.38% or 0.05 points to end at 1.94 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 1.20% or 0.4 points to 33.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which lost 9.06% or 7.0 points to trade at 70.8 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 6.53% or 1.46 points to end at 20.89 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) shed 5.45% or 1.70 points to 29.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 64 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.01% or 0.47 to $46.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1271.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.2827, while USD/NOK rose 1.07% to 8.2153.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 94.69.