Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Healthcare Equipment&Services and Software&Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Golden Ocean Group Ltd (OL:GOGLT), which rose 5.10% or 2.22 points to trade at 45.76 at the close. Meanwhile, BW Offshore Ltd (OL:BWO) added 3.70% or 1.780 points to end at 49.860 and Aker BP ASA (OL:AKERBP) was up 2.99% or 9.20 points to 316.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schibsted ASA A (OL:SBSTA), which fell 2.90% or 10.0 points to trade at 335.2 at the close. Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) declined 1.99% or 0.82 points to end at 40.61 and Nel ASA (OL:NEL) was down 1.53% or 0.090 points to 5.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 130 to 91 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.17% or 1.37 to $64.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.07% or 0.75 to hit $71.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.25 to trade at $1301.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was down 0.30% to 9.6260, while USD/NOK fell 0.71% to 8.5462.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.632.
