Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Materials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.92% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 2.35% or 2.70 points to trade at 117.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) added 1.93% or 3.75 points to end at 197.75 and Leroy Seafood Group ASA (OL:LSG) was up 1.20% or 0.9 points to 76.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which fell 5.66% or 12.30 points to trade at 205.00 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 5.42% or 1.14 points to end at 21.00 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) was down 4.87% or 2.41 points to 47.04.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 120 to 61 and 25 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $56.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.81% or 0.54 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1222.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.72% to 9.7046, while USD/NOK rose 0.53% to 8.4816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.14.