Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.33% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 2.96% or 8.9 points to trade at 309.9 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 2.01% or 28.0 points to end at 1418.0 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 1.95% or 4.2 points to 220.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDC A/S (CO:TDC), which lost 0.84% or 0.31 points to trade at 36.58 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 0.71% or 4.0 points to end at 561.0 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 0.66% or 2.4 points to 360.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 59 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.05% or 1.06 to $50.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.11% or 0.63 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 6.70 to trade at $1278.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.62% to 6.3378, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 93.41.