Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.17% 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 16.34% or 2.68 points to trade at 19.08 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 3.26% or 5.0 points to end at 157.0 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 2.21% or 4.4 points to 203.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 3.36% or 6.6 points to trade at 189.9 in late trade. Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) declined 1.28% or 1.10 points to end at 84.74 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 1.15% or 0.12 points to 9.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 68 and 34 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.75% or 0.46 to $62.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $68.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1320.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 9.7407, while USD/NOK fell 0.39% to 8.0737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.66.