Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Energy and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.93% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OL:REC), which rose 15.16% or 0.13 points to trade at 0.98 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 13.97% or 2.49 points to end at 20.32 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 11.26% or 2.6 points to 25.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which lost 1.11% or 1.40 points to trade at 125.00 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 0.95% or 0.1 points to end at 7.3 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 0.77% or 1.0 points to 128.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 42 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.88% or 0.29 to $33.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.76% or 0.62 to hit $35.91 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.49% or 18.40 to trade at $1220.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.17% to 9.4916, while USD/NOK rose 0.61% to 8.6820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 98.13.