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 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.51% or 3.70 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) added 2.34% or 0.96 points to end at 42.02 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 1.41% or 1.70 points to 122.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which lost 4.04% or 4.20 points to trade at 99.70 in late trade. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 3.47% or 0.11 points to end at 3.03 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) shed 2.04% or 2.10 points to 100.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 125 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.19% or 0.83 to $70.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.89% or 0.65 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.12% or 30.34 to trade at $2,679.06 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 11.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.75.