Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL), which rose 2.75% or 1.48 points to trade at 55.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 0.87% or 0.60 points to end at 69.75 and Storebrand ASA (OL:STB) was up 0.85% or 0.58 points to 68.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 3.61% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.81 at the close. Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) declined 3.22% or 9.60 points to end at 288.80 and Equinor ASA (OL:EQNR) was down 1.83% or 4.0 points to 214.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 95 to 73 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.70% or 2.59 to $67.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.13% or 3.11 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1240.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 9.4907, while USD/NOK fell 0.20% to 8.1035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.27.