Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which rose 4.23% or 20 points to trade at 490 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 3.69% or 3.42 points to end at 96.22 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 3.48% or 11.3 points to 336.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 1.98% or 130 points to trade at 6444 at the close. Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) declined 1.31% or 2.4 points to end at 181.4 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 0.38% or 1.7 points to 446.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 89 to 41 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.38% or 1.7 to 446.4.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 28.16% or 3.88 to $17.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 9.97% or 2.03 to hit $22.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.91% or 15.90 to trade at $1754.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.09% to 6.8960, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4576.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 100.315.