Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which rose 2.75% or 1.48 points to trade at 55.30 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 0.87% or 0.60 points to end at 69.75 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 0.85% or 0.58 points to 68.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which lost 3.61% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.81 in late trade. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 3.22% or 9.60 points to end at 288.80 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) shed 1.83% or 4.0 points to 214.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 95 to 73 and 32 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.75% or 2.62 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.16% or 3.13 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1240.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 9.4907, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 8.1039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.27.