Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Energy and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 2.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 8.28% or 1.82 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 6.66% or 3.9 points to end at 62.1 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 6.25% or 1.50 points to 25.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which lost 3.07% or 0.8 points to trade at 25.3 in late trade. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) declined 3.03% or 1.50 points to end at 47.94 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) shed 0.45% or 0.60 points to 132.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 55 and 6 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.78% or 0.30 to $38.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.98% or 0.39 to hit $40.24 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.90 to trade at $1228.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.48% to 9.4253, while USD/NOK fell 0.86% to 8.3218.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.88.