Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.19% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 4.16% or 0.68 points to trade at 17.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 3.80% or 2.60 points to end at 71.10 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 0.86% or 0.50 points to 58.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 3.62% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.06 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 3.15% or 1.09 points to end at 33.51 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 2.63% or 6.0 points to 222.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 97 to 78 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.86% or 0.50 to 58.50.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.74% or 0.87 to $50.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.90% or 1.05 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.31 to trade at $1315.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.16% to 9.3684, while USD/NOK rose 0.11% to 7.8064.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 91.52.