Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which rose 3.46% or 26.4 points to trade at 790.0 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 2.99% or 9.3 points to end at 320.3 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 2.34% or 13.4 points to 586.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CO:ISS), which fell 3.89% or 8.80 points to trade at 217.60 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) declined 1.74% or 7.1 points to end at 400.1 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) was up 0.02% or 0.1 points to 313.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 70 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.46% or 26.4 to 790.0. Shares in DSV (CO:DSV) rose to all time highs; rising 2.34% or 13.4 to 586.6.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.51% or 0.33 to $65.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.62% or 0.44 to hit $71.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1186.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.24% to 6.5554, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.