Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Auto & components and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 5.02% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 4.24% or 12.2 points to end at 300.0 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 3.87% or 0.22 points to 5.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 6.40% or 1.8 points to trade at 25.7 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 2.82% or 4.1 points to end at 141.2 and Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) was down 1.84% or 1.25 points to 66.75.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 89 to 69 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.09% or 0.04 to $45.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.57% or 7.70 to trade at $1354.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.11% to 9.4314, while USD/NOK rose 0.45% to 8.5434.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.45.