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 gained 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL), which rose 5.68% or 5.70 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) added 5.17% or 0.15 points to end at 3.01 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 3.24% or 3.20 points to 102.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which lost 3.59% or 47.00 points to trade at 1,261.00 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 3.04% or 0.34 points to end at 10.84 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) shed 2.48% or 2.80 points to 110.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 147 to 123 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.01% or 0.74 to $74.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.02% or 0.78 to hit $76.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.09 to trade at $2,688.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 11.75, while USD/NOK rose 0.05% to 11.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 109.01.