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Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.64%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.25% or 340 points to trade at 8340 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 3.68% or 6.7 points to end at 188.6 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 2.93% or 6.5 points to 228.2 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 1.05% or 4.0 points to trade at 376.6 at the close. Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) declined 0.69% or 5.0 points to end at 723.0 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 0.48% or 3.80 points to 793.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 90 to 44 and 16 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.62% or 0.25 to $40.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.54% or 0.23 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.65 to trade at $1791.65 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.55% to 6.5882, while EUR/DKK rose 0.07% to 7.4512.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 96.748.