Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Chemicals and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH), which rose 10.42% or 55.0 points to trade at 582.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.87% or 11.8 points to end at 422.3 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 2.09% or 6.6 points to 323.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 6.73% or 6.75 points to trade at 93.60 at the close. Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) declined 2.72% or 5.1 points to end at 182.7 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 1.50% or 1.1 points to 69.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 64 and 11 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.10 to $19.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.23% or 0.34 to hit $27.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 13.00 to trade at $1727.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.80% to 6.8929, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4613.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.86% at 100.338.