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 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI), which rose 3.57% or 2.10 points to trade at 61.00 at the close. Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) added 3.00% or 1.02 points to end at 35.03 and Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) was up 2.65% or 2.63 points to 101.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which lost 4.50% or 1.90 points to trade at 40.30 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 0.45% or 0.05 points to end at 11.05 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 194 to 84 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.95% or 0.66 to $70.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.81% or 0.59 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 20.46 to trade at $2,633.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.18% to 11.84, while USD/NOK fell 0.16% to 11.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 107.78.