Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Banking and Auto & components sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.93% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which rose 12.41% or 7.1 points to trade at 64.3 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OSLO:PGS) added 11.29% or 3.79 points to end at 37.37 and Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) was up 10.05% or 3.46 points to 37.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC), which lost 4.77% or 16.5 points to trade at 329.5 in late trade. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) declined 4.23% or 32.5 points to end at 736.0 and Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) shed 1.57% or 0.72 points to 45.17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 81 and 4 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.58% or 0.28 to $48.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1146.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.98% to 9.2376, while USD/NOK fell 0.78% to 8.2106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.58.