Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Insurance and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 3.41% or 0.35 points to trade at 10.60 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.11% or 8.00 points to end at 386.70 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 2.03% or 0.02 points to 0.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which lost 3.54% or 1.44 points to trade at 39.26 in late trade. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 1.15% or 0.70 points to end at 60.30 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) shed 1.08% or 1.70 points to 155.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 83 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1283.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.3817, while USD/NOK rose 0.28% to 7.9674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.40.