Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Auto & components, Banking and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 0.25% or 1.00 points to trade at 398.00 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) fell 0.29% or 0.10 points to end at 34.00 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 0.88% or 1.70 points to 191.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which lost 3.62% or 12.3 points to trade at 365.0 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 3.58% or 2.46 points to end at 66.06 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) shed 3.48% or 4.2 points to 116.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 156 to 31 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.21% or 0.13 to $61.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $64.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.30 to trade at $1320.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.16% to 9.6090, while USD/NOK fell 0.62% to 7.8011.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 89.97.