Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM), which rose 2.83% or 22.2 points to trade at 807.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 2.54% or 5.8 points to end at 233.7 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 1.51% or 270 points to 18130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which fell 0.55% or 17 points to trade at 3063 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.04% or 0.2 points to end at 470.9 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was up 0.19% or 5.0 points to 2620.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 53 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.22 to hit $75.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.75 to trade at $1779.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.02% to 6.2334, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 91.838.