Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which rose 3.24% or 1.10 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG) added 2.14% or 1.40 points to end at 66.90 and Yara International ASA (OSLO:YAR) was up 1.69% or 6.8 points to 408.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OSLO:REC), which lost 8.10% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.68 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 7.02% or 3.2 points to end at 42.4 and Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) shed 4.01% or 1.52 points to 36.41.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 81 and 6 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.00% or 0.51 to $50.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 2.04% or 23.10 to trade at $1108.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.74% to 8.9199, while USD/NOK rose 0.57% to 8.2192.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.99.