Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Real Estate and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 2.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 38.80% or 8.2 points to trade at 29.2 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 16.09% or 3.70 points to end at 26.70 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 13.64% or 3.9 points to 32.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which lost 0.27% or 0.9 points to trade at 338.0 in late trade. Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) declined 0.15% or 0.10 points to end at 67.50 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) gained 0.12% or 0.3 points to 242.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 136 to 42 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.88% or 1.34 to $35.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.45% or 1.65 to hit $38.72 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.87% or 11.00 to trade at $1269.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.59% to 9.3576, while USD/NOK fell 1.06% to 8.5005.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.26.