Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Commercial Service And Supplies, Real Estate and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.18% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT), which rose 2.66% or 0.80 points to trade at 30.90 at the close. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) added 1.44% or 9.0 points to end at 635.0 and Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG) was up 0.78% or 0.70 points to 90.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO), which lost 4.49% or 0.46 points to trade at 9.79 in late trade. Aker Solutions OL (OSLO:AKSOL) declined 3.27% or 1.40 points to end at 41.38 and DnB ASA (OSLO:DNB) shed 2.78% or 3.6 points to 125.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 126 to 43 and 10 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.59% or 1.44 to $54.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.41% or 2.06 to hit $58.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1167.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.60% to 8.9327, while USD/NOK rose 0.99% to 8.0654.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.31.