Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services , Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL: TGS ), which rose 3.78% or 4.10 points to trade at 112.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL: KOG ) added 2.89% or 36.00 points to end at 1,281.00 and Equinor ASA (OL: EQNR ) was up 2.83% or 7.15 points to 260.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tomra Systems ASA (OL: TOM ), which fell 5.14% or 9.60 points to trade at 177.00 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL: HAUTO ) declined 2.94% or 2.75 points to end at 90.90 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL: NAS ) was down 2.81% or 0.33 points to 11.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 145 to 121 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.64% or 0.46 to $72.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.53% or 0.40 to hit $76.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.60 to trade at $2,949.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.36% to 11.61, while USD/NOK fell 0.14% to 11.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.07.