Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Diversified Financials and Food, Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.16% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 4.72% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) added 3.92% or 8.5 points to end at 225.2 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was up 3.73% or 4.3 points to 120.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 7.00% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.65 at the close. Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) declined 2.42% or 7.6 points to end at 306.4 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was down 1.67% or 1.70 points to 100.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 90 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.42% or 1.71 to $72.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.98% or 2.33 to hit $80.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1205.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.00% to 9.5751, while USD/NOK fell 0.19% to 8.1319.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.67.