Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.73% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 5.16% or 5.2 points to trade at 106.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 3.07% or 24.6 points to end at 824.8 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 2.89% or 12.6 points to 448.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which fell 0.19% or 1.8 points to trade at 933.4 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) declined 0.05% or 0.2 points to end at 412.7 and Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) was up 0.04% or 0.1 points to 235.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 81 to 49 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) rose to all time highs; up 3.07% or 24.6 to 824.8.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $40.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $43.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 6.75 to trade at $1816.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.06% to 6.5104, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4454.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.817.