Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto & components, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which rose 2.27% or 7.50 points to trade at 337.40 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 1.70% or 0.27 points to end at 16.14 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 1.32% or 0.90 points to 68.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which lost 3.26% or 3.00 points to trade at 89.00 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.79% or 0.27 points to end at 9.24 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) shed 1.88% or 2.9 points to 151.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 81 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.17% or 0.10 to $58.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $65.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.90 to trade at $1278.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.49% to 9.8760, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 8.3384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.98.