Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Auto & components and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS), which rose 1.84% or 2.4 points to trade at 132.7 at the close. Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) added 1.77% or 1.05 points to end at 60.25 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 1.44% or 0.02 points to 1.13 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 4.63% or 2.10 points to trade at 43.25 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.06% or 0.51 points to end at 12.06 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) shed 2.16% or 1.15 points to 52.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 88 to 86 and 32 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1232.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.00% to 9.1023, while USD/NOK fell 0.01% to 8.4748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.19.