Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 2.72% or 330 points to trade at 12450 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 2.41% or 280 points to end at 11890 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 2.14% or 12.0 points to 572.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 13.82% or 56.9 points to trade at 354.9 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 0.56% or 0.45 points to end at 80.45 and Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) was down 0.18% or 0.60 points to 331.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 49 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.35% or 0.64 to $48.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.59 to trade at $1337.61 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.61% to 6.2197, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4402.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 91.84.