Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 1.95% or 190 points to trade at 9940 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) added 1.77% or 180 points to end at 10340 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 1.41% or 5.7 points to 409.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which fell 0.88% or 4.5 points to trade at 507.0 at the close. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) declined 0.37% or 0.14 points to end at 37.66 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 0.12% or 1.0 points to 832.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 89 to 52 and 24 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.33% or 1.03 to $45.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.64% or 0.77 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1330.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.6720, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4402.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.73.