Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Transport, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 4.30% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.17 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 1.89% or 1.10 points to end at 59.35 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 1.34% or 0.6 points to 45.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which lost 6.53% or 2.53 points to trade at 36.21 in late trade. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 5.11% or 2.70 points to end at 50.10 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) shed 5.08% or 0.82 points to 15.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 68 and 32 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.90% or 1.32 to $44.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.93% or 1.41 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 12.97 to trade at $1210.33 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.5400, while USD/NOK rose 0.22% to 8.3697.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.82.