Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX added 1.00% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 15.01% or 38.9 points to trade at 298.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) added 5.43% or 1.62 points to end at 31.47 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was up 4.03% or 1.0 points to 26.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 2.13% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.95 at the close. Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) declined 0.71% or 1.20 points to end at 168.60 and Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) was down 0.62% or 1.1 points to 177.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 128 to 74 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Schibsted ASA B (OL:SBSTB) fell to all time lows; falling 0.71% or 1.20 to 168.60. Shares in Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.62% or 1.1 to 177.0.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.68% or 0.35 to $52.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.08% or 0.59 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.83% or 9.75 to trade at $1168.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.20% to 8.9855, while USD/NOK fell 0.37% to 8.3790.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 100.48.