Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Commercial Service And Supplies and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 18.16% or 2.92 points to trade at 18.99 at the close. Meanwhile, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 2.96% or 7.2 points to end at 250.1 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 2.64% or 2.5 points to 95.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 5.90% or 0.350 points to trade at 5.575 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.89% or 2.0 points to end at 67.1 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI) was down 2.34% or 4.45 points to 185.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 108 to 70 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.79% or 0.97 to $55.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.89% or 0.55 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.65 to trade at $1326.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.07% to 9.6608, while USD/NOK rose 0.10% to 8.4326.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 95.208.