Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC), which rose 2.48% or 2.0 points to trade at 82.5 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) added 2.11% or 2.1 points to end at 101.8 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) was up 1.74% or 0.83 points to 48.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 4.16% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.66 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) declined 2.53% or 0.29 points to end at 11.15 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT) shed 1.80% or 0.62 points to 33.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 83 and 7 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.21% or 0.12 to $57.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.44% or 0.92 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1187.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 8.4505, while USD/NOK rose 0.07% to 7.7626.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 97.49.