Investing.com – Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Durables And Apparel and Auto & components sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX gained 1.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Grieg Seafood (OL:GSFO), which rose 8.64% or 5.25 points to trade at 66.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) added 8.20% or 11.7 points to end at 154.4 and Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT) was up 4.31% or 2.40 points to 58.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orkla ASA (OL:ORK), which fell 2.27% or 1.95 points to trade at 84.10 at the close. Nordic Nanovector ASA (OL:NANOV) declined 1.57% or 1.15 points to end at 72.15 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 1.22% or 0.01 points to 1.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 102 to 71 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telenor ASA (OL:TEL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.20% or 11.7 to 154.4.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.64% or 0.30 to $46.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $48.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 5.96 to trade at $1233.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.37% to 9.3518, while USD/NOK fell 0.39% to 8.1523.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.96.