Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Utilities and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 6.38% or 4.50 points to trade at 75.00 at the close. Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) added 4.55% or 0.67 points to end at 15.38 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 2.37% or 8.00 points to 345.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which lost 4.13% or 3.35 points to trade at 77.70 in late trade. REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) declined 1.84% or 0.02 points to end at 1.01 and Yara International ASA (OL:YAR) shed 1.62% or 5.1 points to 309.9.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 76 and 28 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.71% or 0.83 to $47.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.90% or 1.00 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.32 to trade at $1294.92 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.39% to 9.3320, while USD/NOK fell 0.07% to 7.9017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.04.