Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Auto & components and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.99% or 0.97 points to trade at 25.27 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 3.47% or 11.20 points to end at 333.60 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 3.46% or 7.40 points to 221.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which fell 3.79% or 8.60 points to trade at 218.20 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 3.04% or 0.31 points to end at 9.87 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 2.64% or 1.50 points to 56.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 109 to 74 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.55% or 1.02 to $64.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.15% or 1.50 to hit $68.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 14.00 to trade at $1333.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.79% to 9.6341, while USD/NOK rose 1.28% to 7.7363.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 89.06.