Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 4.02% or 2.55 points to trade at 65.95 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 3.89% or 1.84 points to end at 49.19 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 2.56% or 8.00 points to 321.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 2.83% or 0.97 points to trade at 33.35 in late trade. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 1.08% or 1.5 points to end at 138.0 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) shed 0.66% or 0.8 points to 120.7.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 76 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.59% or 0.77 to $49.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.62 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 8.68 to trade at $1263.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 9.4666, while USD/NOK rose 0.10% to 8.4441.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.14.