Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 5.27% or 1.75 points to trade at 34.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) added 5.25% or 13.15 points to end at 263.40 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was up 5.21% or 3.00 points to 60.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which fell 1.86% or 23.00 points to trade at 1,211.00 at the close. Mowi ASA (OL:MOWI) declined 0.51% or 1.00 points to end at 194.40 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was down 0.10% or 0.10 points to 98.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 183 to 102 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.01% or 0.69 to $69.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.91% or 0.66 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 10.00 to trade at $2,576.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.25% to 11.73, while USD/NOK fell 0.34% to 11.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.39.