Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA), which rose 5.86% or 11.90 points to trade at 214.80 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 3.85% or 5.95 points to end at 160.30 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 3.08% or 2.70 points to 90.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which fell 0.63% or 3.20 points to trade at 500.80 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 0.19% or 30.00 points to end at 15,620.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was down 0.16% or 25.00 points to 15,865.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 110 to 47 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.98% or 0.77 to $78.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.05% or 0.88 to hit $83.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.25 to trade at $1,820.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.50% to 6.97, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 103.73.