Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 1.79% or 315 points to trade at 17875 at the close. Meanwhile, Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) added 1.45% or 44 points to end at 3070 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was up 1.35% or 33.0 points to 2476.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 2.27% or 19.80 points to trade at 853.00 at the close. Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) declined 1.89% or 15.4 points to end at 798.8 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 1.49% or 12.4 points to 821.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 79 to 74 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.79% or 315 to 17875. Shares in Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) rose to all time highs; rising 1.45% or 44 to 3070.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.86% or 0.59 to $68.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.90% or 0.64 to hit $70.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.06% or 39.35 to trade at $1870.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.70% to 6.1324, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.505.