Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Real Estate and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which rose 4.77% or 24 points to trade at 527 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) added 2.27% or 7.4 points to end at 333.6 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 2.07% or 17.4 points to 858.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which fell 3.79% or 3.2 points to trade at 80.8 at the close. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 3.15% or 3.30 points to end at 101.60 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 2.50% or 6.2 points to 241.9.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 73 to 55 and 21 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 18.13% or 2.73 to $17.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 6.07% or 1.47 to hit $25.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.98% or 16.80 to trade at $1696.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.46% to 6.8254, while EUR/DKK rose 0.08% to 7.4615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 99.180.