Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 8.65% or 0.31 points to trade at 3.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.71% or 0.80 points to end at 17.80 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was up 3.57% or 1.45 points to 42.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 4.91% or 11.50 points to trade at 222.50 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 4.61% or 1.41 points to end at 29.20 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 4.05% or 9.5 points to 225.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 116 to 56 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.48% or 2.16 to $46.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.55% or 1.78 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.26 to trade at $1292.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.12% to 9.5466, while USD/NOK rose 0.49% to 8.4971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.78.