Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Energy and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 8.44% or 2.96 points to trade at 38.05 at the close. Meanwhile, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 5.92% or 17.2 points to end at 307.5 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) was up 4.43% or 0.65 points to 15.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG), which fell 0.74% or 0.4 points to trade at 56.1 at the close. Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) declined 0.36% or 0.25 points to end at 69.30 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 0.34% or 0.6 points to 174.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 119 to 60 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.92% or 17.2 to 307.5.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.51% or 0.38 to $73.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.00% or 0.77 to hit $77.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 5.70 to trade at $1261.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.20% to 9.4144, while USD/NOK fell 0.24% to 8.0126.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.83.