Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 1.37% or 110 points to trade at 8122 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 1.17% or 9.8 points to end at 849.6 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was up 0.74% or 1.4 points to 190.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 3.40% or 10.1 points to trade at 287.0 at the close. William Demant Holding A/S (CO:DEMANT) declined 2.10% or 4.2 points to end at 195.8 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was down 1.60% or 4.8 points to 294.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 65 to 56 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) rose to all time highs; rising 1.17% or 9.8 to 849.6. Shares in Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.74% or 1.4 to 190.2.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.14% or 1.35 to $64.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.05% or 0.74 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.35 to trade at $1301.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.38% to 6.6303, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.648.