Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Materials, Diversified Financials and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 1.01% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV), which rose 7.64% or 5.65 points to trade at 79.60 at the close. Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO) added 0.60% or 0.45 points to end at 75.75 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was up 0.55% or 0.07 points to 12.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which lost 4.90% or 1.66 points to trade at 32.24 in late trade. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 3.60% or 4.4 points to end at 117.8 and Aker Solutions OL (OL:AKSOL) shed 3.01% or 1.25 points to 40.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 56 and 31 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.70% or 1.00 to $57.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.93 to trade at $1295.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.01% to 9.7041, while USD/NOK rose 0.17% to 8.1455.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.74.