Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 4.78% or 26.40 points to trade at 579.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) added 1.33% or 11.6 points to end at 886.2 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 1.10% or 2.4 points to 220.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were FLSmidth & Co. (CSE:FLS), which fell 3.39% or 9.7 points to trade at 276.4 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 3.08% or 3.2 points to end at 100.7 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was down 3.08% or 2.9 points to 92.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 79 to 47 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) rose to all time highs; rising 4.78% or 26.40 to 579.00. Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.08% or 3.2 to 100.7.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.54% or 0.31 to $57.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.15% or 0.74 to hit $63.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.34% or 18.75 to trade at $1418.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 6.5543, while EUR/DKK rose 0.09% to 7.4660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.567.