Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.94% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which rose 4.55% or 4.6 points to trade at 105.6 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.49% or 0.30 points to end at 8.89 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) was up 3.27% or 0.3 points to 11.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 3.89% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.73 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.07% or 0.60 points to end at 28.42 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 1.40% or 5.3 points to 373.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.64% or 0.29 to $45.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.77% or 0.36 to hit $47.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.40% or 17.55 to trade at $1267.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.10% to 9.2314, while USD/NOK fell 0.16% to 8.1491.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 93.93.