Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.00% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 15.01% or 38.9 points to trade at 298.0 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 5.43% or 1.62 points to end at 31.47 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 4.03% or 1.0 points to 26.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 2.13% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.95 in late trade. Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) declined 0.71% or 1.20 points to end at 168.60 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) shed 0.62% or 1.1 points to 177.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 74 and 29 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.72% or 0.37 to $52.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.60 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.81% or 9.55 to trade at $1168.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 8.9860, while USD/NOK fell 0.37% to 8.3788.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 100.47.