Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 4.46% or 1.2 points to trade at 28.8 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.87% or 0.36 points to end at 9.52 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 3.42% or 1.19 points to 36.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which fell 5.03% or 0.5 points to trade at 8.5 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 2.58% or 0.15 points to end at 5.66 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 2.15% or 0.03 points to 1.41.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 79 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.52% or 0.76 to $49.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.58% or 0.80 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1270.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.3654, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 8.2950.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 93.86.