Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 2.21% or 2.4 points to trade at 108.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN) added 1.45% or 4.0 points to end at 279.0 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.38% or 1.6 points to 117.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which fell 0.29% or 0.6 points to trade at 204.0 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 0.27% or 22 points to end at 8268 and Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) was 0.00% or 0 points to 631.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 87 to 48 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.70% or 0.37 to $53.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.82% or 0.48 to hit $59.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 8.05 to trade at $1569.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.09% to 6.7874, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.890.