Norway stocks higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.41%

Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Oslo, the added 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:), which rose 5.68% or 5.70 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nel ASA (OL:) added 5.17% or 0.15 points to end at 3.01 and Orkla ASA (OL:) was up 3.24% or 3.20 points to 102.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:), which fell 3.59% or 47.00 points to trade at 1,261.00 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:) declined 3.04% or 0.34 points to end at 10.84 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:) was down 2.48% or 2.80 points to 110.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 147 to 123 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.05% or 0.77 to $74.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.81 to hit $76.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 17.01 to trade at $2,689.41 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 11.75, while USD/NOK rose 0.05% to 11.40.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 109.00.