Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Energy 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 Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 2.07% or 0.96 points to trade at 47.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.04% or 1.46 points to end at 72.78 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 2.01% or 3.9 points to 198.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI), which fell 1.98% or 3.80 points to trade at 187.70 at the close. Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) declined 1.80% or 3.1 points to end at 169.3 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.58% or 6.40 points to 398.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 115 to 83 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $64.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $71.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1275.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 9.6016, while USD/NOK rose 0.09% to 8.4988.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.665.