Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Materials and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.63% or 6.9 points to trade at 223.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) added 3.38% or 8.0 points to end at 245.6 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 3.28% or 1.90 points to 59.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 3.64% or 3.10 points to trade at 82.00 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 0.85% or 0.01 points to end at 1.05 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was down 0.58% or 0.90 points to 155.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 66 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.31 to $55.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1280.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.54% to 9.6694, while USD/NOK fell 0.45% to 8.2137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.