Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Materials, Diversified Financials and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.26% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 24.74% or 4.08 points to trade at 20.57 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 6.47% or 2.15 points to end at 32.40 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 5.90% or 1.6 points to 28.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 4.66% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.51 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 2.28% or 6.6 points to end at 282.7 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) shed 1.79% or 0.2 points to 8.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 78 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.77% or 0.81 to $44.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.55% or 0.73 to hit $46.44 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.70 to trade at $1329.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 9.3328, while USD/NOK fell 0.33% to 8.4727.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 97.01.