Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 8.65% or 0.31 points to trade at 3.87 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.71% or 0.80 points to end at 17.80 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 3.57% or 1.45 points to 42.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which lost 4.91% or 11.50 points to trade at 222.50 in late trade. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 4.61% or 1.41 points to end at 29.20 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 4.05% or 9.5 points to 225.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 116 to 56 and 25 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.50% or 2.17 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.57% or 1.79 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.26 to trade at $1292.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.13% to 9.5469, while USD/NOK rose 0.49% to 8.4974.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.78.