Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto & components, Telecoms and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 2.65% or 6.3 points to trade at 244.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 2.16% or 0.31 points to end at 14.68 and DnB ASA (OL:DNB) was up 1.18% or 1.6 points to 137.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which fell 4.97% or 4.25 points to trade at 81.30 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 3.54% or 2.20 points to end at 60.00 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 2.86% or 0.22 points to 7.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 92 to 80 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.86% or 0.37 to $43.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.27 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 11.88 to trade at $1244.52 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.23% to 9.4814, while USD/NOK rose 0.24% to 8.4680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.96.