Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which rose 7.68% or 10.5 points to trade at 147.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 3.82% or 10.2 points to end at 277.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 3.27% or 280 points to 8854 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which fell 1.17% or 7.4 points to trade at 625.6 at the close. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 0.44% or 1.1 points to end at 249.5 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) was down 0.19% or 0.3 points to 161.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 45 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.02% or 0.52 to $51.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.22 to hit $60.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1249.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.35% to 6.5955, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.417.