Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Auto & components and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 6.66% or 1.9 points to trade at 29.9 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 5.36% or 17.10 points to end at 336.30 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was up 2.54% or 5.90 points to 238.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 1.59% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.36 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 1.10% or 1.2 points to end at 107.9 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) shed 0.88% or 0.38 points to 42.69.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 69 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.81% or 1.43 to $52.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.85% or 1.53 to hit $55.17 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.35 to trade at $1181.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.26% to 9.0602, while USD/NOK rose 0.51% to 8.6471.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 102.68.