Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Auto & components and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 0.82% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 3.88% or 4.80 points to trade at 128.50 at the close. Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 2.11% or 0.72 points to end at 34.81 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 1.73% or 1.25 points to 73.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR), which lost 3.15% or 1.95 points to trade at 60.00 in late trade. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 1.59% or 0.11 points to end at 6.83 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) shed 1.31% or 1.8 points to 136.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 69 and 26 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.87% or 1.49 to $37.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.53% or 1.02 to hit $39.37 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.21% or 15.20 to trade at $1244.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.46% to 9.4188, while USD/NOK rose 0.84% to 8.4842.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 96.57.