Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 17.76% or 181.0 points to trade at 1200.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ISS A/S (CO:ISS) added 5.56% or 12.40 points to end at 235.40 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.81% or 11.4 points to 417.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 2.24% or 226 points to trade at 9874 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 1.77% or 170 points to end at 9450 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) was down 1.36% or 8.4 points to 607.8.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 57 to 51 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.24% or 226 to 9874. Shares in AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.77% or 170 to 9450.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.01% or 1.24 to $62.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.61% or 1.05 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1333.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.47% to 6.0344, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4476.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 89.62.