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 rose 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NAS), which rose 2.89% or 0.39 points to trade at 13.70 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) added 2.51% or 8.50 points to end at 347.00 and Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) was up 2.33% or 3.60 points to 158.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL), which lost 1.62% or 1.30 points to trade at 79.00 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 0.95% or 0.76 points to end at 79.15 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) shed 0.21% or 0.12 points to 56.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 161 to 118 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.44% or 0.91 to $62.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.50% or 0.99 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.26% or 41.50 to trade at $3,339.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.09% to 11.80, while USD/NOK fell 0.43% to 10.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.09.