Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Energy and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which rose 4.65% or 4.5 points to trade at 101.3 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) added 2.72% or 0.32 points to end at 12.10 and Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) was up 2.46% or 2.0 points to 85.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which fell 4.24% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.65 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) declined 3.05% or 9.6 points to end at 238.0 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY) was down 2.11% or 0.79 points to 36.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 81 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.92% or 1.72 to $60.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.47% or 1.60 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1204.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.01% to 8.3991, while USD/NOK fell 0.37% to 7.5465.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.35.