Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Transport and Auto & components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 10.41% or 29.7 points to trade at 314.9 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 10.09% or 1.52 points to end at 16.58 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 6.93% or 1.5 points to 23.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 4.81% or 0.7 points to trade at 13.8 in late trade. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) declined 1.69% or 4.6 points to end at 266.8 and Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) shed 1.43% or 0.75 points to 51.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 47 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.55% or 1.04 to $41.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.16% or 0.93 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.35 to trade at $1369.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.44% to 9.3865, while USD/NOK fell 0.33% to 8.4279.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.66.