Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Diversified Financials and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG), which rose 4.73% or 4.15 points to trade at 91.90 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) added 3.35% or 2.9 points to end at 89.5 and DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) was up 3.24% or 0.38 points to 12.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 4.15% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.80 in late trade. Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) declined 3.68% or 2.85 points to end at 74.65 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) shed 1.31% or 4.2 points to 317.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 71 and 10 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.59% or 0.36 to $61.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.25% or 0.84 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.77% or 21.10 to trade at $1213.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 8.3692, while USD/NOK fell 1.70% to 7.3593.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 93.59.