Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Personal & Household Goods 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 Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 3.84% or 55.0 points to trade at 1488.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) added 3.45% or 86 points to end at 2580 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 1.00% or 2.0 points to 202.2 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 5.76% or 14.6 points to trade at 238.7 at the close. Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) declined 1.83% or 10.0 points to end at 535.0 and Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) was down 1.53% or 10 points to 629.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 65 and 17 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.00 to trade at $1864.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.46% to 6.1155, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4398.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 90.078.