Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.32% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV (CO:DSV), which rose 4.78% or 24.6 points to trade at 539.0 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) added 4.45% or 13.3 points to end at 313.6 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was up 1.57% or 19.5 points to 1263.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which lost 4.13% or 28.6 points to trade at 664.2 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 3.27% or 325 points to end at 9605 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 3.13% or 330 points to 10205.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 63 and 10 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.34% or 0.24 to $70.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.88 to hit $78.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1319.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.25% to 6.2222, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.26.