Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were DNO International ASA (OL:DNO), which rose 11.33% or 0.99 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG) added 7.26% or 2.43 points to end at 35.90 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 5.33% or 0.77 points to 15.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which lost 5.15% or 4.40 points to trade at 81.05 in late trade. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 3.72% or 6.8 points to end at 176.2 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 1.65% or 3.0 points to 178.7.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 64 and 34 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.01% or 0.58 to $57.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.00% or 1.27 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1248.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 1.07% to 9.8708, while USD/NOK rose 0.86% to 8.3665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.