Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Food, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which rose 12.98% or 1.9 points to trade at 16.1 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.70% or 11.2 points to end at 314.0 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) was up 1.72% or 0.47 points to 27.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which lost 9.12% or 29.0 points to trade at 288.9 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.02% or 0.9 points to end at 21.5 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 3.26% or 0.05 points to 1.33.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 77 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.05% or 1.50 to $47.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.09% or 1.57 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 3.00 to trade at $1343.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.07% to 9.3110, while USD/NOK rose 0.15% to 8.2299.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.55.