Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which rose 1.73% or 4.8 points to trade at 281.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 1.49% or 1.6 points to end at 109.0 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 1.08% or 4.1 points to 384.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM), which fell 1.63% or 12.5 points to trade at 752.5 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 1.45% or 142 points to end at 9622 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 1.17% or 1.2 points to 105.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 82 to 49 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.46% or 0.28 to $61.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.42% or 0.28 to hit $66.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.05 to trade at $1482.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.09% to 6.7169, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.920.