Norway stocks lower at close of trade; Oslo OBX down 0.08%

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

At the close in Oslo, the declined 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nel ASA (OL:), which rose 6.93% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OL:) added 4.05% or 4.20 points to end at 107.90 and Hafnia Ltd (OL:) was up 1.59% or 1.00 points to 63.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hoegh Autoliners ASA (OL:), which fell 4.95% or 5.70 points to trade at 109.50 at the close. Orkla ASA (OL:) declined 1.42% or 1.40 points to end at 97.35 and Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:) was down 1.34% or 0.15 points to 11.02.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 176 to 108 and 22 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.17 to $74.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $76.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 10.06 to trade at $2,644.64 a troy ounce.

EUR/NOK was up 0.04% to 11.71, while USD/NOK fell 0.75% to 11.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 108.11.