Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGL), which rose 3.70% or 2.98 points to trade at 83.56 at the close. Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) added 1.65% or 3.80 points to end at 234.00 and Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) was up 1.42% or 1.15 points to 82.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM), which lost 2.28% or 3.70 points to trade at 158.50 in late trade. Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) declined 1.72% or 0.57 points to end at 32.65 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:HAFNI) shed 1.57% or 0.74 points to 46.26.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 165 to 113 and 22 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.29% or 0.88 to $69.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.13% or 0.81 to hit $72.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.69 to trade at $3,047.71 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was unchanged 0.00% to 11.36, while USD/NOK rose 0.18% to 10.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 104.04.