Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.70% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 2.63% or 6.1 points to trade at 237.6 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 1.94% or 10.6 points to end at 556.2 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 1.72% or 15.00 points to 885.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 1.91% or 16.6 points to trade at 853.4 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 1.64% or 300 points to end at 17950 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was down 1.53% or 270 points to 17370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 70 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.26% or 0.93 to $73.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.27% or 0.96 to hit $74.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.00 to trade at $1779.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.2332, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 91.832.