Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Energy and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.82% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which rose 0.65% or 0.01 points to trade at 1.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Orkla ASA (OSLO:ORK) added 0.40% or 0.25 points to end at 62.35 and Yara International ASA (OSLO:YAR) was up 0.34% or 1.4 points to 412.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which fell 3.43% or 2.8 points to trade at 78.8 at the close. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 3.23% or 1.8 points to end at 53.7 and Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) was down 2.77% or 1.22 points to 42.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 114 to 58 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.32% or 1.32 to $55.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.63% or 1.64 to hit $60.44 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.34% or 4.00 to trade at $1167.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.70% to 8.8887, while USD/NOK rose 0.59% to 8.0110.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 96.22.