Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Banking and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which rose 6.89% or 0.7 points to trade at 10.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 2.77% or 6.4 points to end at 237.6 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 2.59% or 0.05 points to 1.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 7.61% or 1.78 points to trade at 21.60 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 5.01% or 1.8 points to end at 33.3 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 3.09% or 0.19 points to 5.96.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 87 to 85 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.71% or 0.76 to $45.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.76% or 0.79 to hit $45.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.77% or 22.55 to trade at $1294.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.32% to 9.3546, while USD/NOK rose 0.23% to 8.1899.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 93.67.