Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 10.37% or 0.85 points to trade at 9.05 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 8.12% or 0.15 points to end at 1.93 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 4.40% or 1.4 points to 33.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which lost 4.35% or 0.28 points to trade at 6.15 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 3.18% or 0.3 points to end at 9.7 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 3.11% or 11.4 points to 355.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 87 to 84 and 16 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.41% or 0.18 to $43.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.84 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.85% or 10.95 to trade at $1280.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.3614, while USD/NOK rose 0.28% to 8.1456.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 93.26.