Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.15% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 1.63% or 4.4 points to trade at 274.9 at the close. TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 1.06% or 0.37 points to end at 35.39 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was up 1.00% or 12.0 points to 1218.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which lost 1.50% or 135 points to trade at 8895 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 1.34% or 0.80 points to end at 58.70 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 1.08% or 3.0 points to 273.7.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 72 to 69 and 22 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.82% or 1.59 to $40.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.51% or 1.53 to hit $42.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.55 to trade at $1359.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.07% to 6.6596, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4389.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.64.