Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.94% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which rose 4.55% or 4.6 points to trade at 105.6 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.49% or 0.30 points to end at 8.89 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) was up 3.27% or 0.3 points to 11.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 3.89% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.73 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 2.07% or 0.60 points to end at 28.42 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 1.40% or 5.3 points to 373.7.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 87 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.64% or 0.29 to $45.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.79% or 0.37 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.38% or 17.25 to trade at $1267.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.09% to 9.2317, while USD/NOK fell 0.15% to 8.1493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 93.93.