Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 3.19% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 2.37% or 2.1 points to end at 92.7 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 2.19% or 1.35 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which lost 0.60% or 2.10 points to trade at 349.90 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 0.40% or 0.10 points to end at 24.77 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) shed 0.38% or 0.50 points to 130.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 71 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.92% or 1.47 to $51.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.44% or 1.26 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.70% or 8.85 to trade at $1271.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.19% to 8.9347, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 8.1477.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.