Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Software & Computer Services and Consumer Durables And Apparel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 7.17% or 0.38 points to trade at 5.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) added 6.38% or 0.5 points to end at 7.5 and Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (OL:REC) was up 5.09% or 0.08 points to 1.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL), which fell 6.34% or 2.0 points to trade at 29.7 at the close. Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) declined 4.99% or 3.2 points to end at 60.9 and Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS) was down 4.79% or 1.27 points to 25.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 93 to 75 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.49% or 0.20 to hit $41.40 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.74% or 9.30 to trade at $1245.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.17% to 9.4681, while USD/NOK rose 0.51% to 8.4232.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.36.