Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Energy and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 1.92% or 2.40 points to trade at 127.70 at the close. Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) added 1.91% or 0.65 points to end at 34.74 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 1.07% or 0.75 points to 71.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 8.49% or 2.42 points to trade at 26.07 in late trade. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) declined 7.74% or 2.7 points to end at 32.2 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) shed 5.48% or 2.1 points to 36.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 60 and 23 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.61% or 1.20 to $44.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.21% or 1.52 to hit $45.85 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.49% or 6.35 to trade at $1296.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.30% to 9.2495, while USD/NOK fell 0.24% to 8.0311.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 92.65.