Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Auto & components, Insurance and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 1.16% or 0.12 points to trade at 10.45 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 0.95% or 0.23 points to end at 24.46 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was up 0.68% or 0.60 points to 89.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which lost 3.43% or 2.35 points to trade at 66.20 in late trade. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) declined 2.75% or 5.80 points to end at 208.00 and BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) shed 2.55% or 0.99 points to 37.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 133 to 56 and 20 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.13% or 0.75 to $65.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.53% or 1.07 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.60 to trade at $1338.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.17% to 9.5451, while USD/NOK rose 0.53% to 7.7309.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 89.39.