Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Insurance and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 7.72% or 2.02 points to trade at 28.19 at the close. Meanwhile, REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 6.50% or 0.07 points to end at 1.10 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) was up 3.52% or 4.8 points to 141.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.44% or 0.81 points to trade at 14.09 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 1.56% or 0.95 points to end at 59.90 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 0.86% or 0.07 points to 7.54.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 114 to 63 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.44% or 0.81 to 14.09.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.44% or 0.20 to $44.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.12 to trade at $1249.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.4628, while USD/NOK rose 0.34% to 8.4794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.