Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 3.57%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which rose 7.04% or 30 points to trade at 464 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 5.77% or 22.1 points to end at 404.9 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 4.76% or 34.2 points to 753.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 1.56% or 3.4 points to trade at 214.6 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) declined 1.08% or 2.1 points to end at 192.9 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 0.86% or 0.6 points to 73.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 50 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 5.86% or 1.26 to $20.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 6.37% or 1.78 to hit $26.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 9.25 to trade at $1644.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.12% to 6.7767, while EUR/DKK rose 0.06% to 7.4681.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 99.290.