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 1.29% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR), which rose 5.10% or 1.72 points to trade at 35.42 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) added 4.18% or 9.70 points to end at 242.00 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 3.79% or 10.30 points to 282.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS), which lost 4.48% or 4.50 points to trade at 96.00 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) declined 4.14% or 0.52 points to end at 12.06 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) shed 3.58% or 0.17 points to 4.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 159 to 131 and 21 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.59% or 1.11 to $70.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.47% or 1.08 to hit $74.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 18.55 to trade at $2,671.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.54% to 11.68, while USD/NOK fell 0.14% to 10.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 101.41.