Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 3.03% or 13.2 points to trade at 449.4 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.56% or 225 points to end at 9030 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.45% or 9.5 points to 397.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 0.75% or 2.8 points to trade at 372.7 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) declined 0.29% or 2.0 points to end at 686.4 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 0.09% or 0.6 points to 670.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $68.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $76.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1217.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.56% to 6.3819, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4584.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 94.64.