Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Telecoms and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 4.94% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.69 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 3.37% or 7.20 points to end at 221.00 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.58% or 0.17 points to 10.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which lost 4.98% or 4.75 points to trade at 90.70 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 2.60% or 1.85 points to end at 69.35 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 2.53% or 5.7 points to 219.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 89 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.34 to $64.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $70.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1341.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.05% to 9.6692, while USD/NOK fell 0.47% to 7.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.