Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.15% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 5.96% or 10.8 points to trade at 192.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) added 3.25% or 10.5 points to end at 333.7 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 3.13% or 35.0 points to 1154.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 1.64% or 2.25 points to trade at 134.70 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 0.78% or 3.1 points to end at 394.9 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 0.30% or 0.7 points to 229.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 75 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.71% or 0.58 to $81.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.41% or 0.34 to hit $82.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 15.10 to trade at $1863.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.07% to 6.4838, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4376.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.023.