Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 2.41% or 4.5 points to trade at 191.0 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 2.16% or 4.3 points to end at 203.5 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 1.17% or 1.70 points to 146.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which lost 5.14% or 0.28 points to trade at 5.17 in late trade. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 4.22% or 1.50 points to end at 34.07 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) shed 3.16% or 6.50 points to 199.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 50 and 17 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.85% or 1.74 to $59.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.67% or 1.73 to hit $63.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1318.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.56% to 9.7635, while USD/NOK rose 0.75% to 7.9875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 90.36.