Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 3.04% or 18.5 points to trade at 626.5 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.94% or 320 points to end at 11220 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 2.81% or 15.5 points to 567.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which fell 1.72% or 4.1 points to trade at 233.6 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 1.54% or 5.3 points to end at 337.8 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was down 1.11% or 2.2 points to 196.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 62 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.42% or 0.24 to $57.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $62.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 8.77 to trade at $1273.33 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.35% to 6.2608, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4427.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.05.