Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Diversified Financials and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG), which rose 4.73% or 4.15 points to trade at 91.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OSLO:SUBC) added 3.35% or 2.9 points to end at 89.5 and DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO) was up 3.24% or 0.38 points to 12.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which fell 4.15% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.80 at the close. Opera Software ASA (OSLO:OPERA) declined 3.68% or 2.85 points to end at 74.65 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSLO:NWC) was down 1.31% or 4.2 points to 317.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 104 to 71 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.63% or 0.38 to $61.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.25% or 0.84 to hit $68.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.77% or 21.10 to trade at $1213.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 8.3691, while USD/NOK fell 1.70% to 7.3593.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.17% at 93.59.