Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Real Estate and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 5.08% or 0.66 points to trade at 13.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.55% or 0.58 points to end at 13.34 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 3.30% or 1.32 points to 41.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 2.97% or 3.10 points to trade at 101.20 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.04% or 1.3 points to end at 64.4 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.58% or 6.80 points to 423.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 107 to 73 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $46.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.67% or 0.37 to hit $55.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.70 to trade at $1291.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.26% to 9.9094, while USD/NOK fell 0.24% to 8.6938.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.893.