Investing.com – Norway equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Auto & components and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.67% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.90% or 1.69 points to trade at 30.33 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 4.53% or 3.6 points to end at 84.3 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 4.21% or 1.30 points to 32.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which lost 5.99% or 1.12 points to trade at 17.57 in late trade. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 0.87% or 0.1 points to end at 9.1 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) shed 0.21% or 0.3 points to 142.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 131 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.06% or 0.48 to $44.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.05% or 0.49 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.95 to trade at $1360.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.33% to 9.3900, while USD/NOK fell 0.29% to 8.5005.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 96.65.