Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Banking and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 3.02% or 2.15 points to trade at 73.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 1.16% or 2.1 points to end at 182.8 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 0.76% or 0.40 points to 52.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 4.06% or 8.30 points to trade at 196.20 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.90% or 0.51 points to end at 17.09 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 2.73% or 1.55 points to 55.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 53 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.85% or 0.87 to $46.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.72% or 0.85 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.88 to trade at $1251.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.02% to 9.3559, while USD/NOK fell 0.25% to 8.0254.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.85.