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 rose 0.90% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 3.57% or 4.70 points to trade at 136.30 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 3.56% or 3.70 points to end at 107.60 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) was up 3.19% or 1.95 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 10.48% or 0.36 points to trade at 3.08 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 1.63% or 0.18 points to end at 10.83 and Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) shed 1.55% or 0.68 points to 43.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 145 to 133 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.30% or 0.21 to $69.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 20.95 to trade at $2,651.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.09% to 11.64, while USD/NOK rose 0.92% to 11.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 106.75.