Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Commercial Service And Supplies and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.14% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 3.36% or 2.40 points to trade at 74.24 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 3.15% or 0.31 points to end at 10.15 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 2.13% or 8.2 points to 393.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA), which fell 3.82% or 13.00 points to trade at 327.60 at the close. Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) declined 3.68% or 1.6 points to end at 41.9 and SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) was down 3.51% or 8.60 points to 236.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 104 to 86 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1317.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.23% to 9.6647, while USD/NOK rose 0.25% to 8.0730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 92.05.