Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the declined 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nel ASA (OL:), which rose 1.60% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:) added 0.70% or 0.90 points to end at 129.00 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:) was up 0.65% or 1.00 points to 155.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker BP ASA (OL:), which fell 3.90% or 8.90 points to trade at 219.60 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:) declined 3.73% or 6.70 points to end at 173.10 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:) was down 3.70% or 2.58 points to 67.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 152 to 115 and 33 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.48% or 1.01 to $67.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.30% or 0.94 to hit $71.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 11.16 to trade at $2,659.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.73% to 11.77, while USD/NOK rose 1.01% to 11.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 105.94.
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