Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Diversified Financials and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 4.28% or 1.17 points to trade at 28.52 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 3.74% or 5.60 points to end at 155.30 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 3.70% or 1.64 points to 46.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 4.76% or 2.00 points to trade at 40.00 in late trade. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) declined 0.92% or 1.3 points to end at 140.6 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) shed 0.18% or 0.10 points to 56.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 120 to 62 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.51% or 0.27 to $53.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.72% or 0.40 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.15 to trade at $1206.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.27% to 8.8803, while USD/NOK rose 0.10% to 8.2546.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 99.83.