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Norway's oil fund is now worth 9.16 trillion kroner

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Norway's oil fund is now worth 9.16 trillion kroner
An oil platform in the Norwegian sea. Photo: Marcel Mochet/AFP

Norway's sovereign wealth fund is growing despite volatility on the world market.

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The Bank of Norway, which manages the fund, said in a statement that "the Government Pension Fund Global returned 3.0 percent, or 256 billion kroner (25.7 billion euros, $28.5 billion) in the second quarter of 2019."

"Uncertainty about global trade and economic growth dampened returns early on, but markets rallied towards the end of the period, driven partly by the prospect of more expansionary monetary policy in developed markets," said the fund's deputy CEO, Trond Grande.

The fund – which manages the country's oil revenues in order to finance Norway's generous welfare state when its oil and gas wells run dry – attained "positive results in a volatile market", the statement said.

It saw its total value swell to 9.16 trillion kroner (921 billion euros, $1.02 trillion) by the end of June from 8.94 trillion kroner three months earlier.

The fund's strong second quarter was attributed primarily to its share portfolio, which accounts for 69.3 percent of its investments and which rose by 3.0 percent.

The return from bonds was 3.1 percent, while the return on real estate holdings was a more modest 0.2 percent, the statement said.

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