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 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 3.16% or 4.20 points to trade at 137.00 at the close. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 2.95% or 31.00 points to end at 1,082.00 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was up 2.02% or 0.12 points to 6.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which lost 3.15% or 4.25 points to trade at 130.85 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.70% or 5.80 points to end at 209.40 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) shed 2.30% or 6.10 points to 259.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 178 to 106 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.53% or 1.98 to $76.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.37% or 1.95 to hit $80.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 27.00 to trade at $2,380.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.05% to 11.96, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 11.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.07.