Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Energy and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 5.32% or 0.63 points to trade at 12.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 5.05% or 2.55 points to end at 53.00 and BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) was up 4.51% or 2.000 points to 46.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which fell 4.10% or 2.54 points to trade at 59.40 at the close. Nel ASA (OL:NEL) declined 2.66% or 0.180 points to end at 6.590 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MOWI) was down 2.11% or 4.80 points to 223.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 121 to 94 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.16% or 0.09 to $56.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.46 to hit $60.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1516.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.39% to 9.9299, while USD/NOK fell 0.40% to 8.9454.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.042.