Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto & components, Materials and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC), which rose 4.04% or 4.7 points to trade at 120.9 at the close. Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) added 3.70% or 13.5 points to end at 378.5 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was up 3.27% or 0.04 points to 1.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 71.10 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 0.11% or 0.01 points to end at 9.04 and Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) gained 0.12% or 0.10 points to 86.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 71 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $57.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.30 to trade at $1265.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.09% to 9.8414, while USD/NOK fell 0.59% to 8.3392.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 93.11.