Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Auto & components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP), which rose 4.70% or 7.20 points to trade at 160.40 at the close. Meanwhile, REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) added 2.30% or 0.03 points to end at 1.33 and Statoil ASA (OL:STL) was up 1.23% or 1.9 points to 156.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BW LPG Ltd (OL:BWLPG), which fell 4.71% or 1.76 points to trade at 35.60 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 4.16% or 11.3 points to end at 260.1 and Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) was down 2.35% or 0.4 points to 15.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 99 to 83 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.17% or 0.63 to $53.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.83 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.10 to trade at $1230.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.11% to 8.8643, while USD/NOK rose 0.65% to 8.2572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.05.