Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 4.73% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.94 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 3.61% or 12.30 points to end at 352.70 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 3.35% or 0.71 points to 21.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB), which lost 3.23% or 6.20 points to trade at 186.00 in late trade. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 2.59% or 5.2 points to end at 195.3 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 0.95% or 0.01 points to 1.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 55 and 24 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.66% or 0.29 to $44.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $45.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.94% or 25.25 to trade at $1279.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.07% to 9.0907, while USD/NOK rose 0.90% to 8.2373.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.92% at 97.83.