Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transport, Energy and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 4.71% or 3.30 points to trade at 73.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.36% or 8.00 points to end at 243.50 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was up 2.80% or 2.55 points to 93.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which fell 7.11% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.02% or 1.1 points to end at 55.4 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.98% or 7.0 points to 346.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 89 to 86 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.11% or 0.28 to 3.60.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $66.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.87% or 0.67 to hit $76.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.90 to trade at $1308.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.35% to 9.4133, while USD/NOK rose 0.98% to 8.0899.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.96% at 94.46.