Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Utilities and Auto & components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 1.28% or 0.37 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 0.81% or 0.50 points to end at 62.00 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 0.77% or 2.2 points to 287.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 3.72% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.14 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 2.23% or 0.7 points to end at 29.8 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) shed 1.97% or 0.73 points to 36.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1157.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.0903, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 8.6129.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 102.16.