Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Transport and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 1.92% or 6.4 points to trade at 339.4 at the close. Meanwhile, DnB ASA (OL:DNB) added 1.33% or 1.7 points to end at 128.2 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 0.98% or 0.75 points to 76.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 5.78% or 1.9 points to trade at 30.3 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 2.03% or 0.17 points to end at 7.96 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 1.74% or 0.02 points to 1.19.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 76 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.74% or 0.39 to $52.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.88% or 0.48 to hit $54.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.15 to trade at $1131.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.52% to 9.0948, while USD/NOK rose 0.23% to 8.7028.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 102.96.