Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.65% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 7.91% or 2.93 points to trade at 39.99 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 2.68% or 3.5 points to end at 134.3 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.99% or 3.10 points to 158.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 5.48% or 14.00 points to trade at 241.50 in late trade. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) declined 4.24% or 14.50 points to end at 327.10 and Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) shed 3.61% or 17.0 points to 454.4.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 85 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.24% or 0.13 to $53.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.51% or 17.55 to trade at $1182.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 9.0044, while USD/NOK fell 1.09% to 8.5001.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.97% at 101.50.