Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which rose 3.33% or 5.6 points to trade at 173.7 at the close. Meanwhile, Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 2.27% or 18.4 points to end at 828.2 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 2.25% or 7.0 points to 318.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which fell 1.04% or 2.6 points to trade at 246.3 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 0.81% or 2.5 points to end at 304.8 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was down 0.70% or 60 points to 8562.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.82% or 1.07 to $59.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.85% or 0.57 to hit $67.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.95 to trade at $1323.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.32% to 6.6192, while EUR/DKK rose 0.04% to 7.4656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 96.208.