Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.07% or 1.41 points to trade at 29.23 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 2.89% or 0.03 points to end at 1.14 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 2.77% or 8.5 points to 315.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 3.77% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.56% or 2.30 points to end at 62.25 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) shed 1.92% or 0.80 points to 40.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 92 to 75 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.96% or 0.44 to $46.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.21% or 0.58 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 9.30 to trade at $1270.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 9.5045, while USD/NOK rose 0.01% to 8.4956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 97.31.