Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.09%

Investing.com – Norway stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Media , Transport and Diversified Financials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX declined 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:HAUTO ), which rose 4.80% or 5.90 points to trade at 128.80 at the close. Meanwhile, SalMar ASA (OL:SALM ) added 1.61% or 9.00 points to end at 567.50 and Frontline Ltd (OL:FRO ) was up 1.25% or 2.70 points to 219.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:NOD ), which fell 3.21% or 3.18 points to trade at 95.76 at the close. Tomra Systems ASA (OL:TOM ) declined 1.67% or 2.50 points to end at 146.90 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKRBP ) was down 1.66% or 3.80 points to 225.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 158 to 119 and 27 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.85% or 1.91 to $68.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.76% or 1.96 to hit $73.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.84% or 47.35 to trade at $2,617.45 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was down 0.15% to 11.68, while USD/NOK fell 0.22% to 11.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 106.40.

Source: Investing.com