Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 3.34% or 7.9 points to trade at 244.4 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 2.98% or 1.65 points to end at 57.05 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 2.62% or 3.6 points to 140.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 2.04% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.42 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 1.19% or 1.50 points to end at 124.20 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) shed 0.81% or 0.45 points to 55.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 76 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.70% or 0.31 to $44.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.81% or 0.38 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.63 to trade at $1250.53 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.60% to 9.6058, while USD/NOK rose 0.37% to 8.4512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 95.81.