Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms and Commercial Service And Supplies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 1.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC), which rose 2.33% or 6.6 points to trade at 289.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Opera Software ASA (OL:OPERA) added 1.42% or 0.75 points to end at 53.75 and Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE) was up 1.24% or 0.2 points to 16.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 4.10% or 0.81 points to trade at 18.94 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 3.83% or 0.33 points to end at 8.28 and Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) was down 3.23% or 0.3 points to 8.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 92 to 77 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.42% or 1.07 to $43.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.15% or 0.99 to hit $45.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1327.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.43% to 9.4284, while USD/NOK rose 0.39% to 8.5863.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 97.40.