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 0.98% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which rose 1.71% or 1.70 points to trade at 101.40 at the close. Borr Drilling Ltd (OL:BORR) added 1.33% or 0.56 points to end at 42.58 and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG) was up 0.39% or 5.00 points to 1,291.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which lost 3.50% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.93 in late trade. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) declined 3.39% or 3.70 points to end at 105.30 and Var Energi ASA (OL:VAR) shed 2.40% or 0.83 points to 33.71.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 189 to 83 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.11% or 0.79 to $70.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.47% or 0.35 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.31 to trade at $2,672.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.37% to 11.72, while USD/NOK rose 0.27% to 11.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.56.