Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which rose 4.67% or 15.6 points to trade at 349.8 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 2.10% or 5.0 points to end at 242.6 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 0.63% or 4.0 points to 640.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED), which lost 0.97% or 3.40 points to trade at 347.50 in late trade. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 0.96% or 7.0 points to end at 725.0 and Genmab (CO:GEN) shed 0.92% or 11.0 points to 1183.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 70 to 45 and 26 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.71% or 0.41 to $57.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.69% or 1.07 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1247.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.3101, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4421.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.79.