Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 4.70% or 42.0 points to trade at 935.6 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 4.61% or 9.4 points to end at 213.2 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 3.32% or 9.1 points to 282.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which fell 1.85% or 5.5 points to trade at 292.5 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.38% or 1.9 points to end at 135.7 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was down 1.07% or 3.9 points to 362.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 62 to 54 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.38% or 1.9 to 135.7.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.56% or 0.39 to $69.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.31 to hit $79.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1231.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.25% to 6.5029, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4607.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.56.