Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Real Estate and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 1.78% or 0.43 points to trade at 24.62 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 1.63% or 0.67 points to end at 41.67 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 0.39% or 0.03 points to 7.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 4.10% or 12.80 points to trade at 299.30 at the close. Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) declined 3.98% or 5.80 points to end at 140.00 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was down 2.73% or 12.2 points to 434.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 125 to 49 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.10% or 0.58 to $53.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.00% or 0.55 to hit $55.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 8.15 to trade at $1224.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 8.9460, while USD/NOK fell 0.11% to 8.4748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.