Norway stocks higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.58% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the .

It was up 0.58% at the close in Oslo.

The best performers of the session were on the topic Drilling a drill Ltd (OL:), which rose 6.62% or 2.62 points to trade at 42.20 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA ( OL: ) added 4.45% or 4.70 points to end at 110.40 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:) was up 2.26% or 1.30 points to 58.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL: ), which declined 6.25% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.85 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA ( OL: ) was down 1.79% or 2.70 points to end at 148.10 while Mowi ASA ( OL: ) was down 0.51% or 1.00 points to 194.45 .

Declining stocks outpaced advancers 0-0 on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Shares of Nel ASA (OL:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.25% or 0.19 to 2.85.

February crude futures were down 0.09%, or 0.06, at $70.10 a barrel.In other commodities trading, Brent crude futures were up 1.24%, or 0.90. to $73.22 a barrel, while February gold futures were unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 per troy ounce.

EUR/NOK rose 0.72% to 11.85, while USD/NOK rose 0.57% to 11.38.

US dollar index futures were up 0.18% at 108.00.