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 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 5.46% or 5.35 points to trade at 103.40 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 2.99% or 5.30 points to end at 182.40 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) was up 2.87% or 3.70 points to 132.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 6.76% or 0.30 points to trade at 4.20 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 1.92% or 0.23 points to end at 11.72 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) shed 1.39% or 2.10 points to 148.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 159 to 126 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.32% or 1.70 to $74.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.35% or 1.80 to hit $78.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 16.60 to trade at $2,642.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.38% to 11.75, while USD/NOK fell 0.21% to 10.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 102.76.