Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 4.39% or 12.6 points to trade at 299.9 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CO:GN) added 4.07% or 10.8 points to end at 276.1 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was up 3.82% or 10.5 points to 285.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which fell 6.53% or 10.8 points to trade at 154.7 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 0.49% or 0.7 points to end at 132.8 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was down 0.49% or 1.2 points to 243.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 44 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.51% or 1.22 to $49.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.27% or 1.30 to hit $58.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.25 to trade at $1286.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.23% to 6.5226, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.447.