Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the were Frontline Ltd (OL:), which rose 5.80% or 14.20 points to trade at 259.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Hafnia Ltd (OL:) added 4.69% or 3.85 points to end at 86.00 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:) was up 4.41% or 5.00 points to 118.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:), which fell 5.75% or 7.40 points to trade at 121.40 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:) declined 2.50% or 6.50 points to end at 253.90 and Var Energi ASA (OL:) was down 1.87% or 0.68 points to 35.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 168 to 112 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.56% or 1.94 to $73.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.09% or 1.65 to hit $77.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 14.35 to trade at $2,545.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.78% to 11.73, while USD/NOK rose 0.84% to 10.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.39.
