Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 3.10% or 0.21 points to trade at 6.99 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) added 1.67% or 0.20 points to end at 12.19 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.66% or 2.30 points to 140.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which lost 4.15% or 17.3 points to trade at 399.7 in late trade. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 2.66% or 5.40 points to end at 197.30 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) shed 2.65% or 7.80 points to 286.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 93 to 80 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1248.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.21% to 9.1708, while USD/NOK fell 0.04% to 8.4840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.44.