Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.15% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 4.42% or 14.9 points to trade at 352.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 3.39% or 7.6 points to end at 232.1 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 3.05% or 16.8 points to 568.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which fell 2.03% or 11.4 points to trade at 550.4 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 0.09% or 0.1 points to end at 113.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 0.07% or 0.4 points to 545.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 75 to 73 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.07% or 0.4 to 545.0.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.63% or 0.47 to $74.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.39 to hit $75.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1804.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.14% to 6.2702, while EUR/DKK rose 0.08% to 7.4371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.233.