Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Telecoms and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 4.58% or 12.00 points to trade at 273.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 1.78% or 0.58 points to end at 33.17 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 1.63% or 0.27 points to 16.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 2.88% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.69 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 0.89% or 0.70 points to end at 77.70 and Aker ASA (OL:AKER) was down 0.76% or 5.0 points to 652.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 88 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.88% or 0.02 to 0.69.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.46% or 0.32 to $70.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.58 to hit $78.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1206.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.25% to 9.7073, while USD/NOK fell 0.39% to 8.3550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.05.