Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Energy and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 2.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 6.47% or 3.65 points to trade at 60.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 5.11% or 2.11 points to end at 43.40 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 4.75% or 4.8 points to 104.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which fell 0.14% or 0.2 points to trade at 144.0 at the close. Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) added 0.89% or 0.76 points to end at 86.28 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 0.93% or 3.00 points to 327.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 133 to 44 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.57% or 0.36 to $63.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.68% or 0.46 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 11.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.22% to 9.5860, while USD/NOK rose 0.15% to 7.8361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 90.19.