Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Auto & components and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which rose 3.20% or 1.29 points to trade at 41.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 2.42% or 3.2 points to end at 140.2 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.49% or 2.30 points to 157.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.27% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.35 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 2.38% or 5.5 points to end at 226.0 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 1.63% or 0.02 points to 0.94.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 87 to 70 and 38 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.04 to trade at $1290.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.04% to 9.3871, while USD/NOK fell 0.38% to 7.9216.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.88.