Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Auto & components and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 7.98% or 2.4 points to trade at 32.6 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 7.18% or 0.47 points to end at 7.02 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 6.00% or 1.8 points to 31.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which fell 2.83% or 3.0 points to trade at 103.0 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) declined 0.55% or 0.18 points to end at 32.47 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 0.22% or 0.5 points to 229.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 102 to 59 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.13% or 1.50 to $37.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.97% or 1.15 to hit $39.89 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1229.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.14% to 9.5103, while USD/NOK rose 0.33% to 8.5779.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 96.87.