Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Auto & components and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.54% or 0.65 points to trade at 18.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) added 2.33% or 0.2 points to end at 8.8 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 1.83% or 0.67 points to 37.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which fell 8.87% or 2.26 points to trade at 23.23 at the close. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) declined 5.19% or 0.8 points to end at 14.6 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 3.42% or 10.0 points to 282.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 82 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) fell to all time lows; losing 8.87% or 2.26 to 23.23.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.23% or 0.11 to $47.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1325.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.16% to 9.2611, while USD/NOK rose 0.29% to 8.2435.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 95.11.