Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 3.66% or 3.48 points to trade at 98.46 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 1.92% or 1.85 points to end at 98.40 and Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI) was up 1.91% or 3.75 points to 200.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 2.33% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.19 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 1.27% or 0.16 points to end at 12.08 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) shed 0.87% or 0.90 points to 102.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 140 to 132 and 35 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.41% or 0.29 to $70.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $74.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 19.90 to trade at $2,711.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.18% to 11.84, while USD/NOK rose 0.16% to 10.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 103.60.