Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which rose 3.05% or 11.40 points to trade at 385.40 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.52% or 12.00 points to end at 487.60 and Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) was up 2.26% or 1.95 points to 88.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which fell 2.66% or 3.4 points to trade at 130.0 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 1.62% or 1.20 points to end at 72.90 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 1.35% or 0.64 points to 46.66.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 79 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) rose to all time highs; rising 2.52% or 12.00 to 487.60.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.52% or 1.04 to $69.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.90% or 0.66 to hit $74.10 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1228.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.18% to 9.5410, while USD/NOK fell 0.04% to 8.1751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.38.