Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 2.30% or 2.70 points to trade at 120.00 at the close. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 2.06% or 18.00 points to end at 892.00 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 1.96% or 5.20 points to 270.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 4.97% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.44 in late trade. Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) declined 1.94% or 0.71 points to end at 35.93 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) shed 1.49% or 4.00 points to 263.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 160 to 125 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.46 to $81.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.57% or 0.49 to hit $86.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.10% or 26.10 to trade at $2,342.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.03% to 11.30, while USD/NOK rose 0.27% to 10.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 105.54.