Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 6.57% or 5.05 points to trade at 81.90 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 3.71% or 4.0 points to end at 111.7 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 2.96% or 0.35 points to 12.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 3.25% or 6.5 points to trade at 193.8 in late trade. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 0.67% or 0.01 points to end at 1.04 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 0.06% or 0.1 points to 157.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 73 and 18 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.70% or 1.24 to $47.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.59% or 1.82 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.01 to trade at $1323.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.42% to 9.2426, while USD/NOK fell 0.44% to 7.7744.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.77.