Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Auto & components and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 7.98% or 2.4 points to trade at 32.6 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 7.18% or 0.47 points to end at 7.02 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 6.00% or 1.8 points to 31.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which lost 2.83% or 3.0 points to trade at 103.0 in late trade. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 0.55% or 0.18 points to end at 32.47 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 0.22% or 0.5 points to 229.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 59 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.13% or 1.50 to $37.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.07% or 1.19 to hit $39.93 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1229.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.13% to 9.5100, while USD/NOK rose 0.34% to 8.5787.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 96.87.