Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 7.87% or 2.04 points to trade at 27.95 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 4.10% or 0.29 points to end at 7.37 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 3.86% or 4.4 points to 118.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 5.78% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.06 in late trade. Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) declined 1.26% or 2.40 points to end at 188.30 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 1.08% or 2.2 points to 201.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 79 and 18 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.59% or 0.78 to $49.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.60% or 0.80 to hit $50.78 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1269.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.27% to 9.0030, while USD/NOK fell 0.24% to 8.2579.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 98.85.