Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which rose 4.98% or 136.00 points to trade at 2,869.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA) added 2.81% or 5.70 points to end at 208.30 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 2.19% or 3.90 points to 182.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which fell 4.27% or 41.60 points to trade at 932.60 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 4.24% or 8.55 points to end at 193.10 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was down 1.35% or 1.50 points to 110.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 67 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.19% or 0.86 to $71.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.80% or 0.61 to hit $75.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 14.10 to trade at $2,023.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.71% to 6.83, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.06% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 101.91.