Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Telecoms and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 4.69% or 7.3 points to trade at 162.9 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.31% or 0.65 points to end at 20.30 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 1.50% or 0.60 points to 40.72 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which lost 4.66% or 10.3 points to trade at 210.8 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 3.56% or 0.8 points to end at 20.8 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 2.92% or 0.03 points to 1.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 74 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.59% or 0.80 to $49.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.75% or 0.92 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 5.05 to trade at $1247.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.81% to 9.0559, while USD/NOK rose 0.77% to 8.1190.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 96.86.