Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Media and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.69% 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 12.44% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.47 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 6.32% or 1.70 points to end at 28.60 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 5.58% or 1.40 points to 26.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 7.48% or 2.4 points to trade at 29.7 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 5.62% or 0.4 points to end at 7.0 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 1.71% or 0.12 points to 6.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $40.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.24 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.40 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 9.4259, while USD/NOK rose 0.49% to 8.3648.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.07.