Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Energy and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.94% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.17% or 0.54 points to trade at 17.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) added 3.12% or 1.25 points to end at 41.31 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 2.50% or 3.0 points to 125.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 5.97% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.99 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 3.42% or 6.4 points to end at 180.7 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 2.75% or 6.0 points to 212.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 58 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.51% or 0.24 to $47.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.19 to hit $49.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.75 to trade at $1245.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.66% to 9.3346, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 8.0228.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 94.04.