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Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 2.81% or 29.80 points to trade at 1,091.40 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 1.29% or 1.80 points to end at 141.15 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 1.20% or 12.00 points to 1,015.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 1.51% or 4.00 points to trade at 260.20 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 1.23% or 2.22 points to end at 177.60 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was down 0.71% or 3.50 points to 489.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 66 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.22% or 1.01 to $81.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.16% or 1.00 to hit $85.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 8.15 to trade at $1,967.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.09% to 6.77, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.90.
