Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Media and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which rose 1.88% or 8.0 points to trade at 434.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 1.30% or 0.80 points to end at 62.40 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 1.24% or 1.1 points to 94.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.78% or 1.30 points to trade at 21.21 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 5.42% or 1.61 points to end at 28.10 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 5.03% or 8.5 points to 160.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 81 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.91% or 1.30 to $43.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.90% or 1.33 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.76% or 34.95 to trade at $1231.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.29% to 9.1351, while USD/NOK rose 0.78% to 8.4266.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 99.05.