Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Banking and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.34% or 7.9 points to trade at 244.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.98% or 1.65 points to end at 57.05 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 2.62% or 3.6 points to 140.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 2.04% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.42 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 1.19% or 1.50 points to end at 124.20 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 0.81% or 0.45 points to 55.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 96 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.70% or 0.31 to $44.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.39 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.66 to trade at $1250.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.60% to 9.6058, while USD/NOK rose 0.37% to 8.4507.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.81.