Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Telecoms and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which rose 16.84% or 0.79 points to trade at 5.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 2.84% or 3.8 points to end at 137.6 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was up 2.50% or 4.5 points to 184.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which fell 3.42% or 1.6 points to trade at 45.8 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) declined 1.77% or 0.62 points to end at 34.44 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 1.74% or 4.00 points to 225.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 78 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.42% or 1.6 to 45.8.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.60% or 0.31 to $51.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.57% or 0.31 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.60 to trade at $1250.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.15% to 9.3811, while USD/NOK rose 0.21% to 8.3930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.34.