Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 3.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 6.40% or 6.60 points to trade at 109.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 4.75% or 52.00 points to end at 1,146.00 and Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA) was up 4.20% or 7.65 points to 189.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 1.59% or 2.85 points to trade at 176.20 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 0.95% or 6.00 points to end at 624.80 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 0.17% or 0.50 points to 292.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 100 to 54 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.48% or 1.77 to $73.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.14% or 1.61 to hit $76.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.05 to trade at $2,033.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.03% to 6.76, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.03.