Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 1.90% or 240 points to trade at 12890 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 1.83% or 220 points to end at 12250 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 1.38% or 5.9 points to 433.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 1.53% or 9.0 points to trade at 579.5 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.49% or 22.0 points to end at 1456.0 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was down 0.78% or 4.5 points to 574.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 53 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.38% or 5.9 to 433.9.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.81% or 0.35 to $43.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.59% or 0.27 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 11.87 to trade at $1244.53 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.6479, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.06.