Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.35% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa), which rose 3.85% or 450 points to trade at 12130 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 3.61% or 440 points to end at 12620 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was up 1.92% or 26.0 points to 1383.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 1.61% or 11.0 points to trade at 673.5 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) declined 0.61% or 1.8 points to end at 293.8 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was down 0.56% or 1.60 points to 281.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 51 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.85% or 450 to 12130. Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.61% or 440 to 12620.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.78% or 1.33 to $49.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.54% or 1.29 to hit $52.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.84 to trade at $1231.54 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.38% to 6.7800, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4388.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.81.