– Norway stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services , Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.21% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Borr Drilling Ltd (OL: BORR ), which rose 3.61% or 1.56 points to trade at 44.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL: NOD ) added 3.60% or 3.34 points to end at 96.00 and SalMar ASA (OL: SALM ) was up 3.15% or 18.00 points to 589.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL: NAS ), which fell 1.95% or 0.22 points to trade at 10.81 at the close. Equinor ASA (OL: EQNR ) declined 1.80% or 5.00 points to end at 272.50 and Hafnia Ltd (OL: HAFNI ) was down 0.81% or 0.50 points to 60.95.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 156 to 120 and 24 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.36% or 0.95 to $71.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.06% or 0.79 to hit $75.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.16% or 31.10 to trade at $2,706.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.33% to 11.56, while USD/NOK rose 0.28% to 11.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 107.52.