Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 4.67% or 15.6 points to trade at 349.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 2.10% or 5.0 points to end at 242.6 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 0.63% or 4.0 points to 640.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED), which fell 0.97% or 3.40 points to trade at 347.50 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 0.96% or 7.0 points to end at 725.0 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 0.92% or 11.0 points to 1183.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 70 to 45 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.77% or 0.44 to $57.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.77% or 1.12 to hit $64.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1247.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.16% to 6.3110, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.80.