Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Telenor ASA (OL:TEL), which rose 1.80% or 2.3 points to trade at 130.1 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 0.65% or 1.00 points to end at 154.90 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.65% or 0.50 points to 77.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 6.94% or 2.15 points to trade at 28.83 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 2.46% or 0.8 points to end at 30.5 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 2.07% or 0.03 points to 1.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 89 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.61% or 0.33 to $53.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.28% or 0.16 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.61% or 18.35 to trade at $1159.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.0840, while USD/NOK fell 0.70% to 8.6602.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 102.68.