Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Media and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 4.78% or 1.21 points to trade at 26.55 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 2.98% or 4.5 points to end at 155.6 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 2.97% or 1.00 points to 34.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 3.51% or 10.3 points to trade at 282.8 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 2.22% or 0.2 points to end at 8.8 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 1.57% or 0.02 points to 1.13.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 75 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.04% or 0.52 to $50.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.18% or 0.61 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.60 to trade at $1259.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.12% to 8.9748, while USD/NOK rose 0.29% to 8.0406.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.56.