Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which rose 1.58% or 10.40 points to trade at 667.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 1.21% or 13.20 points to end at 1,104.40 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was up 1.03% or 11.00 points to 1,077.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which fell 2.91% or 5.25 points to trade at 175.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 2.78% or 5.44 points to end at 190.00 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 2.54% or 7.40 points to 283.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 103 to 51 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.43% or 1.66 to $69.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.31% or 1.69 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $1,968.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.90% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 101.87.