Norway shares higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.09%

Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Thursday, 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 added 0.09%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 2.97% or 4.10 points to trade at 142.15 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 2.62% or 2.90 points to end at 113.40 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) was up 2.56% or 4.00 points to 160.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 3.00% or 17.00 points to trade at 549.50 in late trade. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 1.75% or 2.30 points to end at 128.80 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) shed 1.49% or 0.08 points to 5.30.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 156 to 127 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.32% or 1.73 to $76.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.86% or 1.44 to hit $79.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 16.55 to trade at $2,554.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.37% to 11.64, while USD/NOK rose 0.17% to 10.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 101.41.