Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Personal & Household Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 3.49% or 4.55 points to trade at 135.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.85% or 480 points to end at 17310 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 1.76% or 4.0 points to 231.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 0.57% or 14.0 points to trade at 2449.0 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to end at 1116.0 and Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) was up 0.00% or 1 points to 788.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 94 to 54 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.85% or 480 to 17310.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.25% or 1.49 to $67.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.40% or 0.97 to hit $70.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.35 to trade at $1900.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.11% to 6.0749, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4367.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.725.