Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Auto & components, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 2.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS), which rose 8.20% or 0.7 points to trade at 9.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) added 7.71% or 0.44 points to end at 6.15 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) was up 4.92% or 16.1 points to 343.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which fell 5.40% or 1.74 points to trade at 30.46 at the close. Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) declined 1.05% or 0.70 points to end at 66.00 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 0.52% or 0.1 points to 28.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 136 to 46 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.70% or 1.31 to $49.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.66% or 1.31 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.45 to trade at $1288.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.71% to 9.3534, while USD/NOK fell 1.18% to 8.2618.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 93.69.