Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.71%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 3.03% or 3.70 points to trade at 125.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.70% or 22.40 points to end at 853.20 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 1.76% or 15.60 points to 904.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 6.91% or 9.55 points to trade at 128.75 at the close. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) declined 1.48% or 5.80 points to end at 385.30 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was down 1.40% or 2.58 points to 181.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 70 to 68 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.03% or 3.70 to 125.70.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.68% or 0.53 to $78.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.42 to hit $83.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.85 to trade at $2,032.45 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.04% to 6.89, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.96.