Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which rose 1.84% or 4.0 points to trade at 221.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.15% or 2.9 points to end at 254.1 and Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) was up 1.00% or 2.00 points to 202.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which fell 4.02% or 1.95 points to trade at 46.50 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 3.65% or 5.60 points to end at 147.80 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 2.99% or 0.5 points to 16.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 120 to 61 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.81% or 0.44 to $54.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.88% or 0.50 to hit $56.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.01% to 8.8242, while USD/NOK fell 0.05% to 8.3346.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.92.