Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 6.86% or 41.70 points to trade at 649.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 3.82% or 94.00 points to end at 2,555.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was up 3.16% or 38.00 points to 1,241.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 2.72% or 3.65 points to trade at 130.40 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) declined 1.63% or 6.50 points to end at 391.10 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 1.29% or 1.22 points to 93.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 72 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.72% or 3.65 to 130.40. Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.29% or 1.22 to 93.60.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.93% or 3.12 to $82.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.48% or 2.96 to hit $88.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.48% or 24.80 to trade at $1,696.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 7.57, while EUR/DKK rose 0.07% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 111.60.