Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Media , Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL: HAUTO ), which rose 3.51% or 3.70 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Borr Drilling Ltd (OL: BORR ) added 2.34% or 0.96 points to end at 42.02 and Storebrand ASA (OL: STB ) was up 1.41% or 1.70 points to 122.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL: NOD ), which fell 4.04% or 4.20 points to trade at 99.70 at the close. Nel ASA (OL: NEL ) declined 3.47% or 0.11 points to end at 3.03 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL: GOGL ) was down 2.04% or 2.10 points to 100.75.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 146 to 125 and 33 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.13% or 0.79 to $70.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.86% or 0.63 to hit $74.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 30.11 to trade at $2,679.29 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.01% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 0.20% to 11.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.75.