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 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which rose 2.86% or 17.00 points to trade at 612.00 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) added 2.85% or 8.30 points to end at 299.10 and Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD) was up 2.80% or 3.55 points to 130.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 3.12% or 0.18 points to trade at 5.53 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 0.45% or 0.50 points to end at 111.20 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) gained 0.63% or 1.20 points to 193.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 217 to 62 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.92% or 2.14 to $75.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.60% or 1.99 to hit $78.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 7.95 to trade at $2,439.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 1.51% to 11.75, while USD/NOK fell 1.44% to 10.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 102.92.