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%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 2.60% or 6.80 points to trade at 268.50 at the close. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 1.47% or 16.00 points to end at 1,106.00 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) was up 1.33% or 1.70 points to 129.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which lost 4.53% or 3.20 points to trade at 67.40 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 2.52% or 3.30 points to end at 127.60 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) shed 1.78% or 2.80 points to 154.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 133 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.05% or 1.60 to $76.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.74% or 1.41 to hit $79.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 34.10 to trade at $2,526.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.79, while USD/NOK fell 0.11% to 10.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.61.