Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OSLO:MHG), which rose 1.65% or 1.70 points to trade at 104.50 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OSLO:SBSTA) added 1.22% or 3.4 points to end at 281.2 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (OSLO:RCLo) was up 1.13% or 8.5 points to 761.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OSLO:TGS), which lost 3.21% or 5.6 points to trade at 168.7 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OSLO:SDRL) declined 2.82% or 2.0 points to end at 69.0 and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OSLO:DETNOR) shed 2.57% or 1.21 points to 45.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 73 and 8 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.41% or 0.62 to $44.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.35% or 1.16 to hit $50.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.16% or 12.70 to trade at $1106.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.51% to 9.0312, while USD/NOK fell 0.65% to 8.2137.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 97.41.