Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 3.26% or 1.46 points to trade at 46.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.04% or 0.64 points to end at 21.70 and BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) was up 1.96% or 0.960 points to 50.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which fell 2.47% or 6.2 points to trade at 244.8 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 0.87% or 3.60 points to end at 408.40 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 0.53% or 0.38 points to 71.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 124 to 74 and 36 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.77% or 0.49 to $64.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.47% or 1.04 to hit $71.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.95 to trade at $1312.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.64% to 9.5747, while USD/NOK fell 0.73% to 8.4947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.530.