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 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Frontline Ltd (OL: FRO ), which rose 6.64% or 12.10 points to trade at 194.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Tomra Systems ASA (OL: TOM ) added 2.86% or 4.20 points to end at 150.80 and Hafnia Ltd (OL: HAFNI ) was up 2.27% or 1.18 points to 53.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nel ASA (OL: NEL ), which fell 2.81% or 0.07 points to trade at 2.35 at the close. Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL: HAUTO ) declined 0.63% or 0.55 points to end at 87.25 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL: NAS ) was down 0.19% or 0.03 points to 13.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 173 to 98 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.17 to $61.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 28.39 to trade at $3,366.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.34% to 11.50, while USD/NOK rose 0.19% to 10.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 98.89.