Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Auto & components, Energy and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS), which rose 11.79% or 5.26 points to trade at 49.88 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) added 9.46% or 8.2 points to end at 95.5 and DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) was up 8.85% or 1.15 points to 14.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY), which lost 2.89% or 1.06 points to trade at 35.59 in late trade. Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG) declined 1.13% or 1.05 points to end at 92.05 and DnB ASA (OSLO:DNB) shed 1.11% or 1.5 points to 134.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 60 and 2 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.90% or 0.53 to $59.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.80% or 0.53 to hit $66.36 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 2.50% or 30.30 to trade at $1179.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.88% to 8.4504, while USD/NOK rose 0.49% to 7.5655.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.28.