Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which rose 2.54% or 300.00 points to trade at 12,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.53% or 310.00 points to end at 12,540.00 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was up 1.93% or 22.50 points to 1,186.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 5.18% or 7.10 points to trade at 129.90 at the close. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) declined 3.43% or 18.50 points to end at 521.50 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 2.49% or 2.80 points to 107.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 66 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.18% or 7.10 to 129.90.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.82% or 1.92 to $70.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.55% or 1.83 to hit $73.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 7.09 to trade at $2,665.59 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.09% to 7.10, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.32.