Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 8.47% or 1.96 points to trade at 25.10 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 4.28% or 7.35 points to end at 179.05 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 3.67% or 9.60 points to 271.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Storebrand ASA (OL:STB), which lost 4.23% or 2.96 points to trade at 67.00 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.63% or 3.0 points to end at 113.9 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) shed 1.14% or 0.40 points to 34.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 78 and 35 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.39% or 0.24 to $61.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $65.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1330.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.06% to 9.6677, while USD/NOK rose 0.10% to 7.8487.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.81.