Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Insurance and Auto & components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which rose 3.96% or 5.9 points to trade at 155.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 3.94% or 1.68 points to end at 44.28 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 1.60% or 0.33 points to 20.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which fell 2.79% or 0.170 points to trade at 5.920 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 2.70% or 1.74 points to end at 62.62 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 1.36% or 0.55 points to 39.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 131 to 78 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.36% or 0.55 to 39.95.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $62.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1294.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 9.6174, while USD/NOK fell 0.51% to 8.5550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.618.