Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Utilities and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 1.28% or 0.37 points to trade at 29.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 0.81% or 0.50 points to end at 62.00 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 0.77% or 2.2 points to 287.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 3.72% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.14 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 2.23% or 0.7 points to end at 29.8 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was down 1.97% or 0.73 points to 36.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 89 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $53.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.65 to trade at $1157.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.0903, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 8.6133.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 102.16.