Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Telecoms and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Questerre Energy Corporation (OL:QEC), which rose 4.94% or 0.32 points to trade at 6.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) added 3.37% or 7.20 points to end at 221.00 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.58% or 0.17 points to 10.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which fell 4.98% or 4.75 points to trade at 90.70 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 2.60% or 1.85 points to end at 69.35 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was down 2.53% or 5.7 points to 219.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 96 to 89 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) rose to all time highs; up 3.37% or 7.20 to 221.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.34 to $64.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $70.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1341.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.05% to 9.6693, while USD/NOK fell 0.47% to 7.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.