Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.82%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 6.33% or 16.0 points to trade at 268.8 at the close. Meanwhile, A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) added 4.54% or 370 points to end at 8525 and A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 3.74% or 295 points to 8175 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 0.17% or 2.0 points to trade at 1191.0 at the close. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) added 0.70% or 1.70 points to end at 244.00 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) was up 0.70% or 0.9 points to 129.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 119 to 20 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.33% or 16.0 to 268.8.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.97% or 1.41 to $46.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.01% or 1.47 to hit $47.33 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.85 to trade at $1360.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.33% to 6.7256, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4414.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.28.