Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.10% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 12.90% or 3.0 points to trade at 26.7 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 5.62% or 1.40 points to end at 26.30 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 4.72% or 7.9 points to 175.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which lost 3.15% or 11.30 points to trade at 347.70 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 1.92% or 5.1 points to end at 261.1 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) shed 1.89% or 1.15 points to 59.85.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 112 to 88 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.61% or 2.28 to $51.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.94% or 2.56 to hit $54.40 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.20 to trade at $1169.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.50% to 8.9807, while USD/NOK fell 0.95% to 8.4442.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 101.20.