Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Personal & Household Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.36% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which rose 6.56% or 9.65 points to trade at 156.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 3.76% or 9.2 points to end at 254.0 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 3.66% or 32.20 points to 912.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 1.58% or 3.8 points to trade at 237.3 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.15% or 0.7 points to end at 472.0 and Simcorp A/S (CSE:SIM) was up 0.18% or 1.4 points to 788.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 88 to 50 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.56% or 9.65 to 156.85.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.04% or 1.50 to $74.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.47% or 1.10 to hit $75.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.60 to trade at $1771.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.02% to 6.2728, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 92.493.