Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding A/S (CO:DEMANT), which rose 1.73% or 3.4 points to trade at 197.5 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 1.71% or 5.6 points to end at 333.6 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 1.60% or 5.0 points to 316.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 5.14% or 14.9 points to trade at 274.8 at the close. FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) declined 3.09% or 10.2 points to end at 320.4 and Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb) was down 2.33% or 4.5 points to 186.3.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 67 to 59 and 22 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.90% or 0.59 to $66.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.32% or 0.24 to hit $74.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1273.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.39% to 6.6578, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.320.