Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 3.25% or 605 points to trade at 19220 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 3.02% or 530 points to end at 18100 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 1.38% or 6.7 points to 493.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 3.04% or 6.4 points to trade at 204.0 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 0.95% or 1.35 points to end at 141.00 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 0.77% or 7.60 points to 981.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 79 to 78 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.25% or 605 to 19220. Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.02% or 530 to 18100.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.55% or 0.38 to $68.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.58% or 0.42 to hit $72.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 8.85 to trade at $1824.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.14% to 6.2680, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.257.