Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.68% or 595 points to trade at 13315 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 3.58% or 10.4 points to end at 300.9 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 3.04% or 14.3 points to 484.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 1.28% or 7.6 points to trade at 585.6 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 1.04% or 1.10 points to end at 104.90 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 0.56% or 7.5 points to 1326.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 105 to 32 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.25% or 0.65 to $52.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.36% or 0.75 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 18.65 to trade at $1868.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 6.1481, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 90.797.