Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto & components, Utilities and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.13% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 8.88% or 19.0 points to trade at 233.0 at the close. Meanwhile, REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 6.34% or 0.07 points to end at 1.14 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 5.15% or 0.79 points to 16.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which fell 3.07% or 0.38 points to trade at 12.00 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 2.50% or 2.00 points to end at 77.90 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was down 1.62% or 6.10 points to 369.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 91 to 88 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.66% or 0.82 to $50.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.89% or 0.49 to hit $55.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.96 to trade at $1329.96 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.29% to 9.3916, while USD/NOK rose 0.26% to 7.9008.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.29.