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 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which rose 13.28% or 19.70 points to trade at 168.00 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) added 3.68% or 11.10 points to end at 312.90 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was up 2.84% or 3.50 points to 126.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 5.63% or 0.35 points to trade at 5.87 in late trade. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 3.14% or 2.06 points to end at 63.50 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) shed 3.10% or 2.35 points to 73.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 161 to 116 and 35 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.93% or 0.76 to $80.54 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.75% or 0.64 to hit $84.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.27% or 55.80 to trade at $2,400.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.65% to 11.85, while USD/NOK rose 0.73% to 10.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.01.