Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Software & Computer Services and Auto & components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.28% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which rose 5.41% or 5.8 points to trade at 113.1 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 5.15% or 2.22 points to end at 45.32 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 2.78% or 1.25 points to 46.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 5.03% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.40 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 2.22% or 0.6 points to end at 26.5 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) shed 1.31% or 1.8 points to 136.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 62 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.26% or 1.18 to $53.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.38% or 1.29 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.55 to trade at $1205.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.04% to 9.0118, while USD/NOK fell 0.18% to 8.4335.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.96.