Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV (CO:DSV), which rose 2.60% or 13.0 points to trade at 513.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) added 1.40% or 4.1 points to end at 298.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.37% or 2.55 points to 188.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which fell 4.16% or 12.4 points to trade at 286.0 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 2.76% or 5.8 points to end at 204.0 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 2.40% or 6.4 points to 260.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 64 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.45 to $51.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.47% or 0.29 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1290.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.5574, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.787.