Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Auto & components and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.99% or 0.97 points to trade at 25.27 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 3.47% or 11.20 points to end at 333.60 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 3.46% or 7.40 points to 221.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which lost 3.79% or 8.60 points to trade at 218.20 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 3.04% or 0.31 points to end at 9.87 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) shed 2.64% or 1.50 points to 56.44.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 74 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.55% or 1.02 to $64.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.14% or 1.49 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.90 to trade at $1334.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.79% to 9.6339, while USD/NOK rose 1.28% to 7.7367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 89.06.