Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the OSE Health Care Equipment & Service, OSE Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and OSE Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 7.13% or 4.70 points to trade at 70.64 at the close. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) added 3.92% or 7.40 points to end at 196.30 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 2.92% or 7.70 points to 271.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which fell 2.90% or 1.34 points to trade at 44.86 in late trade. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) declined 2.43% or 5.40 points to end at 216.40 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) down 1.98% or 1.20 points to 59.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 147 to 131 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.41% or 0.28 to $68.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.30 to trade at $2,575.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.40% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.31% to 11.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.70.