Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Copenhagen Health Care, Copenhagen Consumer Goods and Copenhagen Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which rose 5.11% or 156.00 points to trade at 3,210.00 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 3.78% or 28.20 points to end at 773.90 and Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) was up 3.60% or 30.50 points to 877.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 2.05% or 230.00 points to trade at 10,985.00 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 2.04% or 220.00 points to end at 10,550.00 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) down 1.77% or 1.90 points to 102.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 89 to 48 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Shares in Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) rose to 3-year highs; up 5.11% or 156.00 to 3,210.00. Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) fell to 3-year lows; losing 1.77% or 1.90 to 102.70.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.05% or 2.15 to $68.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.75% or 2.03 to hit $71.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.66% or 71.55 to trade at $2,623.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.69% to 7.00, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 105.46.