Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto & components, Diversified Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OSLO:DNO), which rose 5.49% or 0.64 points to trade at 12.30 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OSLO:NHY) added 1.29% or 0.48 points to end at 37.55 and Storebrand ASA (OSLO:STB) was up 1.12% or 0.32 points to 29.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Statoil ASA (OSLO:STL), which lost 1.75% or 2.7 points to trade at 151.8 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OSLO:FOE) declined 1.72% or 1.2 points to end at 68.5 and Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OSLO:DETNOR) shed 1.41% or 0.80 points to 56.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 88 and 3 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.43% or 0.26 to $60.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.74% or 0.49 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1226.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.17% to 8.3833, while USD/NOK rose 0.99% to 7.3857.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 93.99.