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 added 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which rose 4.29% or 35.20 points to trade at 856.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 4.23% or 3.18 points to end at 78.30 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was up 3.71% or 10.00 points to 279.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 1.66% or 2.84 points to trade at 167.80 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 1.64% or 13.20 points to end at 792.80 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 0.76% or 140.00 points to 18,400.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 97 to 52 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 3.66% or 3.66 to $96.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.79% or 2.98 to hit $103.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 10.55 to trade at $1,710.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.15% to 7.30, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.05% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 106.80.