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 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 7.13% or 4.70 points to trade at 70.64 at the close. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) added 3.92% or 7.40 points to end at 196.30 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 2.92% or 7.70 points to 271.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which lost 2.90% or 1.34 points to trade at 44.86 in late trade. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) declined 2.43% or 5.40 points to end at 216.40 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) shed 1.98% or 1.20 points to 59.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 131 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.41% or 0.28 to $68.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.40 to trade at $2,575.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.40% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.32% to 11.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.69.