Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 3.16% or 13.3 points to trade at 434.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 2.04% or 7.7 points to end at 385.0 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 1.69% or 5.9 points to 354.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which fell 2.35% or 9.0 points to trade at 373.9 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 0.57% or 6.0 points to end at 1039.5 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was down 0.38% or 2.6 points to 677.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 73 to 52 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.05% or 0.69 to $66.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $72.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1196.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.48% to 6.4643, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4595.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 95.35.