Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Telecoms and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 4.81% or 1.37 points to trade at 29.85 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 4.05% or 0.31 points to end at 7.96 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 2.33% or 0.02 points to 0.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 6.10% or 1.6 points to trade at 25.1 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 2.41% or 4.4 points to end at 178.1 and Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) was down 2.13% or 3.70 points to 169.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 113 to 91 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.41% or 4.4 to 178.1. Shares in Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) fell to all time lows; falling 2.13% or 3.70 to 169.80.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.57% or 0.29 to $51.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.74% or 8.65 to trade at $1178.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 8.9771, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 8.4149.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 100.83.