Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Insurance and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 2.76% or 1.40 points to trade at 52.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 2.60% or 3.40 points to end at 134.30 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 2.17% or 0.18 points to 8.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which fell 6.82% or 10.1 points to trade at 137.9 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.34% or 1.1 points to end at 44.8 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 2.21% or 4.0 points to 177.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 100 to 66 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.21% or 4.0 to 177.0.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.93% or 0.43 to $46.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.95% or 0.46 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 10.75 to trade at $1228.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.23% to 9.3918, while USD/NOK fell 0.73% to 8.1986.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 95.02.