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Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.93% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP), which rose 5.61% or 14.50 points to trade at 273.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) added 4.67% or 12.20 points to end at 273.30 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 4.26% or 7.70 points to 188.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 5.37% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.32 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 3.69% or 0.49 points to end at 12.79 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) was down 2.70% or 4.30 points to 155.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 171 to 106 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 5.54% or 3.77 to $71.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 5.48% or 3.80 to hit $73.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.35% or 45.82 to trade at $3,448.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.41% to 11.46, while USD/NOK fell 0.08% to 9.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 98.18.