Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Utilities and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.80% or 0.56 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Meanwhile, TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) added 1.57% or 2.6 points to end at 167.8 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 1.46% or 2.10 points to 146.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which fell 3.40% or 2.85 points to trade at 81.05 at the close. P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) declined 2.68% or 10.00 points to end at 362.70 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was down 1.40% or 0.90 points to 63.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 105 to 74 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.40% or 0.19 to $47.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.66% or 0.35 to hit $52.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.17 to trade at $1339.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.47% to 9.2916, while USD/NOK fell 0.02% to 7.7971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.46.