Norway shares higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.76%

Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment&Services, Pharma Biotech&Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.76%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS), which rose 4.81% or 0.50 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) added 3.10% or 2.50 points to end at 83.15 and TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 1.87% or 2.40 points to 131.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which lost 0.78% or 0.90 points to trade at 114.30 in late trade. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL) declined 0.27% or 0.35 points to end at 129.55 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) shed 0.27% or 0.25 points to 92.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 173 to 110 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.82% or 1.33 to $74.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.62% or 1.25 to hit $78.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.11% or 27.95 to trade at $2,544.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.29% to 11.75, while USD/NOK fell 0.82% to 10.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 100.78.