Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which rose 3.78% or 4.10 points to trade at 112.50 at the close. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) added 2.89% or 36.00 points to end at 1,281.00 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 2.83% or 7.15 points to 260.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which lost 5.14% or 9.60 points to trade at 177.00 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 2.94% or 2.75 points to end at 90.90 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) shed 2.81% or 0.33 points to 11.23.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 121 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.63% or 0.45 to $72.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.53% or 0.40 to hit $76.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 1.09 to trade at $2,950.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.37% to 11.61, while USD/NOK fell 0.15% to 11.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.07.