Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Auto & components and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX fell 3.32% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which unchanged 0.15% or 0.0 points to trade at 27.2 at the close. Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) fell 1.59% or 0.47 points to end at 29.00 and Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) was down 1.84% or 2.60 points to 138.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which lost 13.78% or 43.0 points to trade at 269.7 in late trade. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) declined 9.33% or 1.97 points to end at 19.15 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) shed 8.98% or 0.14 points to 1.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 36 and 13 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.75% or 1.31 to $46.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.69% or 1.32 to hit $47.72 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1323.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.28% to 9.4566, while USD/NOK rose 2.13% to 8.5778.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 96.53.