Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which rose 31.99% or 0.21 points to trade at 0.85 at the close. Meanwhile, P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) added 2.54% or 12.40 points to end at 500.00 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was up 1.89% or 4.0 points to 215.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 1.95% or 0.49 points to trade at 24.60 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 1.59% or 2.00 points to end at 123.60 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.41% or 5.3 points to 369.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 94 to 87 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.36% or 0.23 to $63.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1230.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.06% to 9.5236, while USD/NOK fell 0.09% to 8.3599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.25.