Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.26% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 2.07% or 186 points to trade at 9172 at the close. Meanwhile, Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) added 2.01% or 15.6 points to end at 792.0 and DSV (CSE:DSV) was up 1.12% or 8.2 points to 741.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which fell 1.21% or 3.0 points to trade at 244.0 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 1.04% or 3.2 points to end at 304.0 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was down 0.98% or 1.0 points to 100.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 64 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in DSV (CSE:DSV) rose to all time highs; up 1.12% or 8.2 to 741.4.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.16% or 0.09 to $56.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $62.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.35 to trade at $1453.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.16% to 6.7829, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 98.140.