Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Auto & components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 5.63% or 6.10 points to trade at 114.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.52% or 6.05 points to end at 177.70 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 2.39% or 0.39 points to 16.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which fell 1.25% or 0.70 points to trade at 55.50 at the close. Aker ASA (OL:AKER) declined 1.16% or 7.0 points to end at 595.0 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was down 1.16% or 0.47 points to 40.18.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 87 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $54.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $62.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1279.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.17% to 9.7416, while USD/NOK rose 0.15% to 8.5674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.975.