Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 5.59% or 6.20 points to trade at 116.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) added 2.01% or 14.50 points to end at 734.50 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 1.69% or 10.50 points to 630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 5.93% or 695.00 points to trade at 11,020.00 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 5.45% or 620.00 points to end at 10,750.00 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) was down 1.87% or 2.40 points to 125.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 67 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.13% or 0.83 to $74.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.17% or 0.89 to hit $77.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 15.65 to trade at $2,688.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.26% to 7.25, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 109.07.