Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Diversified Financials, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 2.41% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were SalMar ASA (OL:SALM), which fell 0.30% or 1.40 points to trade at 468.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) fell 0.68% or 2.0 points to end at 294.2 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) was down 0.92% or 1.2 points to 129.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 8.67% or 1.52 points to trade at 16.02 at the close. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) declined 7.01% or 16.8 points to end at 223.0 and Norwegian Finans Holding ASA (OL:NOFI) was down 6.69% or 4.80 points to 67.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 163 to 27 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.90% or 1.00 to $51.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.28% or 0.79 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.60 to trade at $1251.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.36% to 9.7156, while USD/NOK rose 0.43% to 8.5424.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 97.025.