Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Materials, Utilities and Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.54% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY), which rose 7.76% or 3.71 points to trade at 51.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 5.54% or 2.19 points to end at 41.71 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 4.86% or 5.9 points to 127.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 4.26% or 16.20 points to trade at 363.80 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 3.90% or 1.18 points to end at 29.04 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was down 1.60% or 1.40 points to 86.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 96 to 81 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.35% or 0.25 to $71.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.29% or 0.23 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1289.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.61% to 9.5584, while USD/NOK fell 0.17% to 8.1090.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.38.