Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 5.50% or 3.55 points to trade at 68.05 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 5.42% or 0.48 points to end at 9.34 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was up 3.35% or 5.7 points to 174.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which fell 2.49% or 1.80 points to trade at 70.60 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 1.72% or 3.5 points to end at 200.0 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) was down 1.55% or 5.4 points to 343.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 126 to 53 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.01% or 0.60 to $59.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.70 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.32% to 9.7230, while USD/NOK fell 0.43% to 7.9283.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.19.