Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 11.33% or 0.99 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. Meanwhile, BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 7.26% or 2.43 points to end at 35.90 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 5.33% or 0.77 points to 15.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which fell 5.15% or 4.40 points to trade at 81.05 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 3.72% or 6.8 points to end at 176.2 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 1.65% or 3.0 points to 178.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 104 to 64 and 34 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.01% or 0.58 to $57.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1248.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.07% to 9.8707, while USD/NOK rose 0.86% to 8.3666.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.