Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 24.12% or 29.3 points to trade at 150.8 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 3.79% or 304 points to end at 8322 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) was up 2.98% or 10.4 points to 359.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.49% or 8.7 points to trade at 340.6 at the close. Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 2.34% or 17.20 points to end at 719.00 and William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 1.71% or 3.8 points to 218.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 89 to 48 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.98% or 10.4 to 359.1.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.30% or 0.65 to $50.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.42% or 0.77 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.83% or 29.00 to trade at $1554.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.17% to 6.7674, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.795.