Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 8.87% or 1.11 points to trade at 13.62 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 5.70% or 2.38 points to end at 44.16 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 4.40% or 0.96 points to 22.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 1.24% or 3.0 points to trade at 239.0 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) declined 0.85% or 2.8 points to end at 326.0 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was down 0.54% or 1.50 points to 277.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 77 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.24% or 3.0 to 239.0. Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.54% or 1.50 to 277.30.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.51% or 0.75 to $50.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.97% or 0.51 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.50 to trade at $1248.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.22% to 9.1703, while USD/NOK rose 0.57% to 8.5485.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.99.