Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb), which rose 4.87% or 20.50 points to trade at 441.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) added 3.45% or 5.25 points to end at 157.60 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 3.21% or 22.80 points to 733.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 1.58% or 1.65 points to trade at 102.60 at the close. GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) declined 1.57% or 5.30 points to end at 332.00 and Netcompany Group (CSE:NETCG) was down 0.37% or 1.60 points to 433.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 106 to 52 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 7.59% or 7.21 to $102.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 8.52% or 8.35 to hit $106.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.80% or 34.30 to trade at $1,943.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.65% to 6.70, while EUR/DKK rose 0.08% to 7.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 97.90.