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 added 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which rose 4.01% or 0.22 points to trade at 5.65 at the close. TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 3.00% or 3.60 points to end at 123.60 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 2.41% or 1.56 points to 66.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR), which lost 2.25% or 1.50 points to trade at 65.30 in late trade. Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) declined 1.74% or 15.50 points to end at 876.50 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS) shed 0.68% or 0.09 points to 12.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 165 to 120 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.40% or 0.32 to $81.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.31 to hit $84.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 11.90 to trade at $2,343.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.27% to 11.32, while USD/NOK fell 0.06% to 10.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 105.17.