Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 4.80% or 5.90 points to trade at 128.80 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 1.61% or 9.00 points to end at 567.50 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 1.25% or 2.70 points to 219.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which fell 3.21% or 3.18 points to trade at 95.76 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) declined 1.67% or 2.50 points to end at 146.90 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) was down 1.66% or 3.80 points to 225.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 158 to 119 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.85% or 1.91 to $68.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.76% or 1.96 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.84% or 47.35 to trade at $2,617.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.15% to 11.68, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 11.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 106.40.