Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 4.50% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.35 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 3.93% or 6.10 points to end at 161.50 and Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) was up 2.58% or 5.00 points to 199.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 2.30% or 0.7 points to trade at 28.8 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 1.67% or 0.82 points to end at 48.18 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) shed 1.54% or 7.0 points to 449.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 77 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.46% or 5.55 to trade at $1194.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.10% to 9.0410, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 8.5107.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.38.