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 lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which rose 1.91% or 0.08 points to trade at 4.27 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) added 1.22% or 1.80 points to end at 148.90 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) was up 0.81% or 0.45 points to 56.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which lost 2.64% or 2.60 points to trade at 95.80 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 1.96% or 3.50 points to end at 175.10 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) shed 1.84% or 21.00 points to 1,119.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 140 to 120 and 44 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.25% or 1.59 to $69.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.11% or 1.57 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.91% or 24.70 to trade at $2,732.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.31% to 11.87, while USD/NOK rose 0.15% to 10.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 103.38.