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 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 5.27% or 1.75 points to trade at 34.98 at the close. Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) added 5.25% or 13.15 points to end at 263.40 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was up 5.21% or 3.00 points to 60.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which lost 1.86% or 23.00 points to trade at 1,211.00 in late trade. Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI) declined 0.51% or 1.00 points to end at 194.40 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) shed 0.10% or 0.10 points to 98.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 183 to 102 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.85% or 0.58 to $69.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.83% or 0.60 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 9.65 to trade at $2,576.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.26% to 11.73, while USD/NOK fell 0.36% to 11.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.40.