Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Auto & components and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 1.67% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG), which rose 5.90% or 1.69 points to trade at 30.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) added 4.53% or 3.6 points to end at 84.3 and Norsk Hydro ASA (OL:NHY) was up 4.21% or 1.30 points to 32.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Petroleum Geo - Services ASA (OL:PGS), which fell 5.99% or 1.12 points to trade at 17.57 at the close. Akastor ASA (OL:AKAS) declined 0.87% or 0.1 points to end at 9.1 and Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) was down 0.21% or 0.3 points to 142.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 131 to 38 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Subsea 7 SA (OL:SUBC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.53% or 3.6 to 84.3.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.06% or 0.48 to $44.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.05% or 0.49 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.95 to trade at $1360.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.33% to 9.3900, while USD/NOK fell 0.30% to 8.4999.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 96.65.