Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto & components, Commercial Service And Supplies and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.51% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 4.71% or 0.88 points to trade at 19.55 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 4.33% or 1.77 points to end at 42.64 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 3.54% or 4.5 points to 131.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which lost 2.16% or 0.25 points to trade at 11.30 in late trade. Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) declined 1.13% or 0.90 points to end at 78.75 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) shed 0.92% or 1.5 points to 161.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 84 and 21 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.13% or 0.59 to $51.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.94% or 0.54 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $1287.79 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 9.3634, while USD/NOK fell 0.02% to 7.9512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.08.