Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR), which rose 2.55% or 6.65 points to trade at 267.65 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) added 2.37% or 5.40 points to end at 233.50 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) was up 1.46% or 0.48 points to 33.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 3.11% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.77 in late trade. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 2.19% or 12.00 points to end at 536.50 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) shed 1.78% or 0.22 points to 11.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 155 to 123 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $70.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 9.30 to trade at $2,655.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.48% to 11.66, while USD/NOK rose 0.10% to 10.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.50.