Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.90% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 5.92% or 4.4 points to trade at 78.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 4.93% or 28.0 points to end at 596.2 and William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was up 3.35% or 5.5 points to 169.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 6.92% or 16.1 points to trade at 216.6 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) declined 1.20% or 7.2 points to end at 593.0 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was down 1.06% or 1.9 points to 177.3.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 5.09% or 0.65 to $12.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.21% or 0.28 to hit $22.79 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.10 to trade at $1720.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.02% to 6.8831, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4557.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 99.957.