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 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 7.06% or 28.0 points to trade at 424.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) added 1.14% or 5.5 points to end at 490.0 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 0.90% or 5.0 points to 558.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 1.71% or 18.0 points to trade at 1034.0 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 0.85% or 90 points to end at 10550 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 0.82% or 2.8 points to 340.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 63 to 62 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genmab (CO:GEN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.71% or 18.0 to 1034.0.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.35% or 0.20 to $56.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.36 to hit $62.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 8.20 to trade at $1256.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.37% to 6.3178, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4450.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.60.