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 added 0.21% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which rose 3.61% or 1.56 points to trade at 44.78 at the close. Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) added 3.60% or 3.34 points to end at 96.00 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 3.15% or 18.00 points to 589.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS), which lost 1.95% or 0.22 points to trade at 10.81 in late trade. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) declined 1.80% or 5.00 points to end at 272.50 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) shed 0.81% or 0.50 points to 60.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 120 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.28% or 0.90 to $71.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.00% or 0.74 to hit $74.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 30.20 to trade at $2,705.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.32% to 11.56, while USD/NOK rose 0.28% to 11.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 107.52.