Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Auto & components and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 1.81% or 0.11 points to trade at 5.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 1.62% or 1.10 points to end at 69.08 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.36% or 3.00 points to 223.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 1.31% or 3.0 points to trade at 225.9 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 1.03% or 1.2 points to end at 120.0 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 0.28% or 0.5 points to 180.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 89 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $64.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.80 to trade at $1341.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.01% to 9.5751, while USD/NOK fell 0.26% to 7.7014.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 88.86.