Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto & components, Diversified Financials and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 6.94% or 12.0 points to trade at 185.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 4.57% or 2.90 points to end at 66.35 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was up 2.66% or 8.4 points to 323.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 3.34% or 0.54 points to trade at 15.61 at the close. Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) declined 1.53% or 0.57 points to end at 36.77 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 50.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 102 to 73 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.07% or 0.52 to $48.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.27% or 0.66 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.10 to trade at $1289.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.27% to 9.3553, while USD/NOK rose 0.06% to 7.9413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.29.