Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 1.32% or 3.5 points to trade at 268.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GEN) added 0.90% or 11.0 points to end at 1227.0 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 0.77% or 4.80 points to 626.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DSV (CSE:DSV), which fell 2.15% or 14.0 points to trade at 637.6 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.60% or 1.6 points to end at 98.7 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 1.25% or 96 points to 7558.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 73 to 44 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genmab (CSE:GEN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.90% or 11.0 to 1227.0. Shares in Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) rose to all time highs; rising 0.77% or 4.80 to 626.80.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.78% or 1.58 to $55.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.64% or 1.68 to hit $61.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 5.15 to trade at $1428.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.03% to 6.6508, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4669.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.792.