Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.52% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which rose 3.33% or 11.1 points to trade at 344.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 2.91% or 0.80 points to end at 28.31 and Statoil ASA (OL:STL) was up 2.90% or 3.9 points to 138.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which fell 6.84% or 0.8 points to trade at 10.9 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 5.92% or 22.1 points to end at 351.2 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 3.64% or 0.25 points to 6.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 87 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.70% or 0.31 to $43.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $45.35 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1253.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.76% to 9.2454, while USD/NOK rose 0.69% to 8.1758.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.46.