Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 2.49% or 8.9 points to trade at 366.3 at the close. DSV (CO:DSV) added 2.34% or 6.4 points to end at 280.0 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.53% or 9.5 points to 629.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which lost 1.15% or 2.1 points to trade at 181.3 in late trade. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) declined 0.88% or 0.55 points to end at 62.05 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) shed 0.64% or 0.8 points to 125.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 74 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.22% or 0.45 to $36.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.29% or 0.50 to hit $38.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.80 to trade at $1217.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.13% to 6.5303, while EUR/DKK fell 0.12% to 7.4407.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.52.