Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 3.47% or 15.2 points to trade at 453.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CO:GEN) added 2.37% or 29.0 points to end at 1255.0 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 2.03% or 6.5 points to 326.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 8.85% or 898 points to trade at 9252 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 8.29% or 795 points to end at 8795 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 5.37% or 29.0 points to 510.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 70 to 47 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.21% or 0.15 to $71.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.82% or 0.65 to hit $79.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1290.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.02% to 6.3088, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4478.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.31.