Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which rose 1.99% or 2.7 points to trade at 138.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) added 1.41% or 1.00 points to end at 72.15 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was up 1.34% or 1.7 points to 128.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.13% or 0.94 points to trade at 21.81 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 3.14% or 3.9 points to end at 120.4 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) was down 2.03% or 0.2 points to 9.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 101 to 77 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $48.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.37 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1287.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.33% to 9.3417, while USD/NOK fell 0.62% to 8.3102.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.79.