Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 12.54% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) added 2.82% or 12.8 points to end at 467.2 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 0.98% or 0.39 points to 40.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 4.85% or 1.5 points to trade at 29.2 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 3.22% or 9.3 points to end at 279.6 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 2.02% or 3.20 points to 155.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 92 to 91 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.73% or 0.39 to $54.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.60% or 0.34 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.55 to trade at $1173.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 9.0006, while USD/NOK rose 0.55% to 8.5267.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 101.99.