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 2.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO), which rose 8.46% or 13.25 points to trade at 169.80 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) added 6.75% or 6.72 points to end at 106.30 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was up 6.58% or 4.00 points to 64.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which lost 0.55% or 7.00 points to trade at 1,273.00 in late trade. Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 40.56 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) gained 0.33% or 0.40 points to 121.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 200 to 78 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.23% or 1.60 to $73.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.01% or 1.50 to hit $76.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.94% or 24.86 to trade at $2,665.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.67% to 11.68, while USD/NOK rose 0.12% to 11.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 108.98.