Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Insurance and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 3.41% or 0.35 points to trade at 10.60 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.11% or 8.00 points to end at 386.70 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 2.03% or 0.02 points to 0.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which fell 3.54% or 1.44 points to trade at 39.26 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 1.15% or 0.70 points to end at 60.30 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was down 1.08% or 1.70 points to 155.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 90 to 83 and 28 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $51.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $58.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.59 to trade at $1283.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.3817, while USD/NOK rose 0.29% to 7.9686.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.41.