Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG), which rose 3.94% or 3.70 points to trade at 96.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) added 3.43% or 1.51 points to end at 45.50 and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC) was up 2.41% or 0.05 points to 2.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 4.28% or 4.0 points to trade at 89.3 at the close. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 4.24% or 3.0 points to end at 66.6 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OSLO:GJFS) was down 3.96% or 5.5 points to 133.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 90 to 84 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.25% or 0.72 to $57.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.42% or 16.90 to trade at $1177.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 8.4578, while USD/NOK fell 0.66% to 7.7783.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.06.