Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Media and Auto & components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which rose 3.61% or 11.00 points to trade at 316.00 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.33% or 9.60 points to end at 420.80 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.24% or 0.80 points to 36.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which lost 5.63% or 0.39 points to trade at 6.45 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 3.56% or 3.9 points to end at 105.8 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) shed 3.24% or 5.50 points to 164.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 104 to 78 and 18 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.46% or 0.30 to $65.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1355.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.26% to 9.5588, while USD/NOK fell 0.93% to 7.6845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 88.66.