Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which rose 3.53% or 12.1 points to trade at 355.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) added 2.93% or 14.1 points to end at 495.0 and William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was up 2.91% or 6.0 points to 212.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.96% or 9.0 points to trade at 294.7 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.14% or 1.8 points to end at 151.3 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 1.03% or 70 points to 6700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 95 to 43 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.03% or 70 to 6700.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 5.25% or 2.35 to $47.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 5.09% or 2.53 to hit $52.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.25% or 35.20 to trade at $1601.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 1.30% to 6.6871, while EUR/DKK rose 0.28% to 7.4731.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.91% at 97.188.