Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which rose 9.44% or 2.20 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Storebrand ASA (OSLO:STB) added 2.85% or 0.88 points to end at 31.76 and Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) was up 2.61% or 1.6 points to 78.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS), which fell 2.46% or 0.82 points to trade at 32.58 at the close. Akastor ASA (OSLO:AKAS) declined 1.71% or 0.2 points to end at 11.5 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) was down 0.44% or 1.6 points to 359.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 111 to 73 and 2 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.34% or 0.16 to $46.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.72% or 0.85 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1117.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.30% to 9.2243, while USD/NOK rose 0.11% to 8.1541.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.39.