Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Software & Computer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which rose 1.87% or 5.7 points to trade at 310.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) added 1.63% or 2.80 points to end at 174.80 and Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) was up 1.39% or 8.0 points to 582.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 5.22% or 17.5 points to trade at 318.0 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.17% or 1.2 points to end at 105.5 and William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 1.12% or 1.9 points to 172.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 65 to 61 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.66% or 0.37 to $56.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.87% or 0.53 to hit $61.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 8.85 to trade at $1504.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.25% to 6.7279, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.442.