Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Media and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which rose 4.76% or 0.7 points to trade at 14.3 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.72% or 0.81 points to end at 17.97 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 4.63% or 0.42 points to 9.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which lost 2.96% or 3.90 points to trade at 145.50 in late trade. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 2.36% or 0.65 points to end at 26.86 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 2.07% or 0.03 points to 1.42.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 86 and 17 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.71% or 1.27 to $48.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.69% or 0.84 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.52% or 7.00 to trade at $1355.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.12% to 9.2510, while USD/NOK fell 0.49% to 8.1634.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.29.