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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which rose 7.95% or 0.47 points to trade at 6.33 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 5.85% or 12.00 points to end at 217.00 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) was up 4.03% or 40.00 points to 1,033.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which lost 3.29% or 1.21 points to trade at 35.62 in late trade. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) declined 2.87% or 2.45 points to end at 83.00 and TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 2.57% or 3.30 points to 125.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 151 to 136 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.62% or 0.51 to $82.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.50 to hit $85.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.85% or 43.95 to trade at $2,423.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.39% to 11.64, while USD/NOK unchanged 0.02% to 10.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 104.01.