Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 5.58% or 585.00 points to trade at 11,065.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 5.34% or 550.00 points to end at 10,850.00 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 2.34% or 3.80 points to 166.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which lost 4.32% or 37.20 points to trade at 824.40 in late trade. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 1.04% or 1.30 points to end at 123.90 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) shed 0.67% or 6.00 points to 883.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 68 to 63 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.75% or 1.35 to $75.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.58% or 1.27 to hit $79.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 8.50 to trade at $2,419.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 6.90, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.