Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Auto & components and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which rose 6.27% or 2.24 points to trade at 37.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 6.12% or 1.05 points to end at 18.21 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 4.52% or 0.27 points to 6.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DnB ASA (OL:DNB), which fell 1.12% or 1.1 points to trade at 93.0 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 0.74% or 0.01 points to end at 1.61 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 0.42% or 0.6 points to 141.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 114 to 50 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.89% or 1.82 to $44.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.06% or 1.97 to hit $46.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.60% or 8.05 to trade at $1343.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.25% to 9.3472, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 8.4111.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 96.14.