Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Media and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.04% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Telenor ASA (OL:TEL), which rose 4.92% or 8.1 points to trade at 172.8 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 2.86% or 0.28 points to end at 10.07 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was up 2.62% or 5.4 points to 211.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orkla ASA (OL:ORK), which fell 1.01% or 0.85 points to trade at 82.90 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 0.91% or 1.2 points to end at 130.6 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 0.80% or 0.55 points to 68.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 87 to 86 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.92% or 8.1 to 172.8.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.01% or 0.53 to $51.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.74% or 0.43 to hit $57.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.11 to trade at $1278.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.69% to 9.4814, while USD/NOK rose 0.33% to 8.0318.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.57.