Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 2.36% or 0.79 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 2.32% or 1.4 points to end at 64.0 and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR) was up 2.08% or 1.25 points to 61.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 4.53% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.06 at the close. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 2.61% or 0.2 points to end at 7.5 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 1.83% or 2.5 points to 133.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 86 to 76 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.51% or 1.35 to $39.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.26% or 0.91 to hit $41.24 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.92% or 35.90 to trade at $1265.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.54% to 9.4418, while USD/NOK fell 1.39% to 8.3381.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.01% at 94.73.