Norway shares higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.43%

Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment&Services, Pharma Biotech&Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.43%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 4.79% or 3.28 points to trade at 71.80 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) added 4.32% or 6.50 points to end at 157.00 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) was up 3.35% or 4.15 points to 127.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which lost 4.42% or 2.10 points to trade at 45.40 in late trade. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 4.39% or 0.18 points to end at 3.81 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) shed 3.37% or 4.30 points to 123.20.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 164 to 108 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $71.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 29.50 to trade at $2,705.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 1.52% to 11.70, while USD/NOK fell 2.26% to 10.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 104.17.