Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 3.30% or 17.0 points to trade at 532.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 3.17% or 20.2 points to end at 657.6 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 2.28% or 210 points to 9426 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which fell 0.86% or 6.2 points to trade at 710.8 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 0.03% or 0.10 points to end at 391.80 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 0.80% or 2.8 points to 351.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 94 to 25 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.46% or 0.29 to $63.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.50 to trade at $1328.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.0852, while EUR/DKK fell 0.05% to 7.4466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.16.