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Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Nel ASA (OL:NEL), which rose 6.94% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO) added 5.59% or 4.35 points to end at 82.23 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 5.51% or 3.02 points to 57.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (OL:KOG), which fell 2.67% or 43.50 points to trade at 1,583.50 at the close. Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) declined 2.60% or 2.90 points to end at 108.50 and Gjensidige Forsikring ASA (OL:GJFG) was down 2.29% or 5.80 points to 247.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 179 to 96 and 27 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.34% or 1.43 to $62.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.22% or 1.42 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 3.04% or 101.60 to trade at $3,242.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.65% to 11.59, while USD/NOK rose 0.83% to 10.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.29% at 101.46.