Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.47% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which rose 3.89% or 0.72 points to trade at 19.24 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:SALM) added 2.90% or 6.20 points to end at 220.20 and P/f Bakkafrost (OL:BAKKA) was up 2.73% or 8.40 points to 316.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC), which fell 1.52% or 0.02 points to trade at 1.10 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 1.11% or 0.06 points to end at 5.33 and Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) was down 1.00% or 1.4 points to 138.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 72 and 31 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.58% or 0.27 to $45.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.96 to trade at $1227.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.02% to 9.4527, while USD/NOK rose 0.66% to 8.6494.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 98.97.