Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto & components, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OSLO:BWLPG), which rose 4.84% or 2.90 points to trade at 62.85 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OSLO:STB) added 3.82% or 1.18 points to end at 32.08 and Yara International ASA (OSLO:YAR) was up 2.99% or 11.4 points to 392.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL), which lost 2.12% or 1.8 points to trade at 83.0 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 2.05% or 1.2 points to end at 57.2 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OSLO:GOGLT) shed 1.65% or 0.50 points to 29.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 61 and 7 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.62% or 0.37 to $59.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.74% or 0.47 to hit $62.55 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.39% or 16.70 to trade at $1185.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 8.7860, while USD/NOK rose 0.05% to 7.7276.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.33.