Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Auto & components, Capital Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.95% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 4.83% or 1.77 points to trade at 38.41 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.35% or 0.31 points to end at 9.55 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 2.76% or 1.90 points to 70.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orkla ASA (OL:ORK), which added 0.17% or 0.15 points to trade at 86.50 in late trade. Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC) added 0.25% or 0.02 points to end at 6.07 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) gained 0.30% or 0.20 points to 66.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 135 to 50 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.70% or 0.42 to $59.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.83% or 0.55 to hit $65.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1290.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.13% to 9.8411, while USD/NOK fell 0.48% to 8.2703.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.