Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Media and Auto & components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which rose 1.88% or 8.0 points to trade at 434.1 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 1.30% or 0.80 points to end at 62.40 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 1.24% or 1.1 points to 94.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 5.78% or 1.30 points to trade at 21.21 in late trade. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 5.42% or 1.61 points to end at 28.10 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 5.03% or 8.5 points to 160.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.91% or 1.30 to $43.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.90% or 1.33 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.76% or 34.90 to trade at $1231.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.29% to 9.1350, while USD/NOK rose 0.79% to 8.4274.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 99.06.