Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.29% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 1.70% or 8.6 points to trade at 515.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 1.19% or 1.4 points to end at 114.7 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was up 0.84% or 22.0 points to 2629.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 3.10% or 7.5 points to trade at 234.2 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 2.59% or 22.20 points to end at 835.40 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 1.77% or 9.4 points to 520.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 61 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.70% or 8.6 to 515.5.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.51% or 0.36 to $70.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.25 to trade at $1894.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.13% to 6.1128, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4368.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 90.150.