Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.24%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE: ZELA ), which rose 10.00% or 40.90 points to trade at 449.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE: NOVOb ) added 3.92% or 17.40 points to end at 460.30 and NKT Holding (CSE: NKT ) was up 3.10% or 16.50 points to 548.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE: MAERSKb ), which fell 0.76% or 95.00 points to trade at 12,485.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE: MAERSKa ) declined 0.73% or 90.00 points to end at 12,290.00 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE: VWS ) was up 0.10% or 0.10 points to 101.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 93 to 29 and 23 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $61.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 27.14 to trade at $3,367.36 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.15% to 6.55, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 98.90.