Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Auto&components, Pharma Biotech&Life Sciences and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 2.07% or 0.96 points to trade at 47.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.04% or 1.46 points to end at 72.78 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 2.01% or 3.9 points to 198.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI), which fell 1.98% or 3.80 points to trade at 187.70 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 1.80% or 3.1 points to end at 169.3 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.58% or 6.40 points to 398.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.38% or 0.24 to $64.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $1277.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.15% to 9.5742, while USD/NOK fell 0.03% to 8.5108.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.
