Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Auto & components and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which rose 0.74% or 3.4 points to trade at 463.7 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 0.59% or 0.14 points to end at 24.06 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 0.17% or 0.60 points to 354.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which lost 4.66% or 1.32 points to trade at 27.00 in late trade. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 2.88% or 0.7 points to end at 22.6 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) shed 2.59% or 2.6 points to 97.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 129 to 66 and 33 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.17% or 1.46 to $47.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.88% or 1.39 to hit $49.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.98% or 11.60 to trade at $1190.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.35% to 9.0659, while USD/NOK rose 0.09% to 8.5741.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 101.50.