Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Materials and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.31% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 3.63% or 2.90 points to trade at 82.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) added 2.55% or 2.10 points to end at 84.35 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.34% or 0.82 points to 35.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which fell 2.57% or 1.07 points to trade at 40.58 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.14% or 0.35 points to end at 16.00 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 1.69% or 1.10 points to 64.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 67 and 35 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.90% or 0.46 to $50.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.81% or 0.46 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.12 to trade at $1295.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.46% to 9.3490, while USD/NOK fell 0.32% to 7.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 92.97.