Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Chemicals and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 5.07% or 458 points to trade at 9496 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 4.69% or 405 points to end at 9040 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.86% or 12.1 points to 435.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which fell 2.80% or 35.5 points to trade at 1232.5 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 0.75% or 3.2 points to end at 423.2 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) was down 0.65% or 2.70 points to 413.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.18% or 0.13 to $72.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.55 to hit $79.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1293.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.3187, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.