Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 2.36% or 0.88 points to trade at 38.14 at the close. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) added 2.21% or 6.15 points to end at 284.65 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) was up 2.06% or 4.80 points to 237.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which lost 3.80% or 6.45 points to trade at 163.35 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 3.27% or 3.90 points to end at 115.20 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) shed 2.78% or 1.80 points to 62.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 153 to 125 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.96% or 0.70 to $73.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.49 to hit $76.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 10.14 to trade at $2,658.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.12% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.12% to 11.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 108.92.