Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which rose 5.98% or 8.1 points to trade at 143.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) added 3.56% or 23.0 points to end at 669.2 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 3.44% or 39.5 points to 1189.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 1.88% or 2.30 points to trade at 120.30 at the close. Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) declined 1.21% or 8 points to end at 668 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was down 0.76% or 3.4 points to 445.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 95 to 49 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.33% or 1.50 to $65.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.44% or 1.66 to hit $69.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.80 to trade at $1721.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.43% to 6.2069, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 91.468.