Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Durables And Apparel, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 3.99% or 3.75 points to trade at 97.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 3.60% or 1.09 points to end at 31.35 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 3.40% or 14.60 points to 444.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 6.20% or 18.60 points to trade at 282.00 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) declined 4.73% or 2.52 points to end at 50.56 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was down 2.55% or 0.40 points to 15.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 102 to 86 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.56% or 0.38 to $68.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $74.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 12.80 to trade at $1325.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.12% to 9.6247, while USD/NOK rose 0.68% to 7.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 90.61.