Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Financials, Insurance and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which rose 7.72% or 2.02 points to trade at 28.19 at the close. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 6.50% or 0.07 points to end at 1.10 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFS) was up 3.52% or 4.8 points to 141.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 5.44% or 0.81 points to trade at 14.09 in late trade. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) declined 1.56% or 0.95 points to end at 59.90 and DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) shed 0.86% or 0.07 points to 7.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 114 to 63 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.44% or 0.20 to $44.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.12 to trade at $1249.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.4630, while USD/NOK rose 0.34% to 8.4794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.