Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Commercial Service And Supplies and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI), which rose 1.88% or 1.70 points to trade at 92.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) added 1.29% or 2.10 points to end at 164.30 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 0.69% or 0.4 points to 55.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 16.59% or 0.15 points to trade at 0.76 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 2.92% or 3.8 points to end at 126.5 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 2.75% or 1.05 points to 37.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 110 to 75 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) fell to 5-year lows; falling 16.59% or 0.15 to 0.76.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.46% or 0.34 to $73.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.75% or 1.39 to hit $77.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 9.30 to trade at $1245.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.10% to 9.5072, while USD/NOK rose 0.46% to 8.1906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.78.