Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Capital Goods and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA), which rose 2.82% or 1.50 points to trade at 54.75 at the close. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) added 1.79% or 0.1 points to end at 8.6 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was up 1.38% or 1.90 points to 139.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 3.33% or 0.5 points to trade at 13.1 in late trade. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 2.60% or 3.8 points to end at 142.5 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) shed 2.28% or 0.69 points to 29.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 78 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.62% or 1.51 to $43.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.70% or 1.63 to hit $45.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1353.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.62% to 9.1845, while USD/NOK fell 0.60% to 8.2256.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.66.