Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 1.31% or 115 points to trade at 8925 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) added 1.31% or 3.9 points to end at 300.8 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 1.22% or 114 points to 9466 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which fell 1.14% or 8.2 points to trade at 708.6 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.06% or 13.0 points to end at 1217.0 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 0.86% or 5.8 points to 672.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 52 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.13% or 1.32 to $63.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.06% or 1.38 to hit $68.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1338.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.34% to 6.0427, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.