Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 1.21% or 3.5 points to trade at 288.6 at the close. Meanwhile, Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) added 0.85% or 3.30 points to end at 392.00 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 0.49% or 1.1 points to 225.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which fell 1.87% or 7.7 points to trade at 405.0 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.36% or 17.0 points to end at 1236.5 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was down 0.96% or 3.0 points to 309.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 65 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 9.40 to trade at $1333.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.17% to 6.0903, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.58.