Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.63% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 8.72% or 0.58 points to trade at 7.23 at the close. Meanwhile, DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) added 2.71% or 0.24 points to end at 8.90 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) was up 2.51% or 1.03 points to 42.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.53% or 1.13 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) declined 3.24% or 1.1 points to end at 32.9 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 2.43% or 0.7 points to 27.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 62 and 29 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.20 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.33% to 9.2970, while USD/NOK rose 0.12% to 8.3473.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.