Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Telecoms and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 3.88% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 2.11% or 1.55 points to end at 75.05 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 2.05% or 3.7 points to 184.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 3.63% or 0.54 points to trade at 14.35 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 0.92% or 1.0 points to end at 107.7 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was down 0.77% or 0.55 points to 71.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 84 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.26% or 0.12 to $46.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.12 to trade at $1313.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.05% to 9.2837, while USD/NOK rose 0.49% to 7.7880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 92.65.