Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 7.39% or 20.9 points to trade at 303.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW) added 5.69% or 26 points to end at 490 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was up 4.77% or 3.5 points to 76.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 1.27% or 8.60 points to trade at 666.40 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 0.81% or 1.4 points to end at 165.2 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 1.06% or 4.3 points to 409.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 131 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.44% or 0.29 to $20.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.02 to hit $26.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.64% or 26.90 to trade at $1616.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.36% to 6.7829, while EUR/DKK fell 0.05% to 7.4635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 99.295.