Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Transport and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 1.92% or 6.4 points to trade at 339.4 at the close. DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 1.33% or 1.7 points to end at 128.2 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.98% or 0.75 points to 76.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which lost 5.78% or 1.9 points to trade at 30.3 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.03% or 0.17 points to end at 7.96 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 1.74% or 0.02 points to 1.19.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 76 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.94% or 0.51 to hit $54.97 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.20 to trade at $1131.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.52% to 9.0950, while USD/NOK rose 0.23% to 8.7029.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.96.