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Monday, August 22, 2016

Norway stocks higher at close of trade; Oslo OBX up 0.07%

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Norway stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare Equipment & ServicesFood, Beverages & Tobacco and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Oslo, the Oslo OBX rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Oslo OBX were Fred. Olsen Energy ASA (OL:FOE), which rose 12.98% or 1.9 points to trade at 16.1 at the close. Meanwhile,Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OL:NWC) added 3.70% or 11.2 points to end at 314.0 and Bw Lpg (OL:BWLPG) was up 1.72% or 0.47 points to 27.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yara International ASA (OL:YAR), which fell 9.12% or 29.0 points to trade at 288.9 at the close. Seadrill Limited (OL:SDRL) declined 4.02% or 0.9 points to end at 21.5 and REC Silicon ASA (OL:REC) was down 3.26% or 0.05 points to 1.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Oslo Stock Exchange by 98 to 77 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.03% or 1.49 to $47.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.09% or 1.57 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1343.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/NOK was up 0.08% to 9.3115, while USD/NOK rose 0.14% to 8.2292.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 94.54.
Source by Investing.com

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