Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Beverages & Tobacco, Auto & components and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 0.82% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG), which rose 3.88% or 4.80 points to trade at 128.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) added 2.11% or 0.72 points to end at 34.81 and Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) was up 1.73% or 1.25 points to 73.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Det norske oljeselskap ASA (OL:DETNOR), which fell 3.15% or 1.95 points to trade at 60.00 at the close. DNO International ASA (OL:DNO) declined 1.59% or 0.11 points to end at 6.83 and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (OL:TGS) was down 1.31% or 1.8 points to 136.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 91 to 69 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marine Harvest ASA (OL:MHG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.88% or 4.80 to 128.50. Shares in Orkla ASA (OL:ORK) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.73% or 1.25 to 73.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.92% or 1.51 to $36.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.55% or 1.03 to hit $39.36 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.21% or 15.20 to trade at $1244.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.46% to 9.4189, while USD/NOK rose 0.84% to 8.4843.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 96.57.