Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.42% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 3.36% or 3.1 points to trade at 94.7 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.85% or 268 points to end at 9662 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.05% or 1.2 points to 115.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which fell 0.51% or 1.0 points to trade at 195.5 at the close. Genmab (CSE:GMAB) declined 0.31% or 5.0 points to end at 1615.0 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was down 0.29% or 0.9 points to 314.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 72 to 55 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.85% or 268 to 9662.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $58.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.85 to trade at $1485.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.25% to 6.7270, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 97.330.