Investing.com – Norway equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO), which rose 4.80% or 5.90 points to trade at 128.80 at the close. SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 1.61% or 9.00 points to end at 567.50 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO) was up 1.25% or 2.70 points to 219.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD), which lost 3.21% or 3.18 points to trade at 95.76 in late trade. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM) declined 1.67% or 2.50 points to end at 146.90 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP) shed 1.66% or 3.80 points to 225.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 158 to 119 and 27 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.85% or 1.91 to $68.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.79% or 1.98 to hit $73.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.85% or 47.60 to trade at $2,617.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.15% to 11.68, while USD/NOK fell 0.21% to 11.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 106.41.