Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 2.61%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 4.30% or 35.60 points to trade at 864.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) added 3.17% or 5.30 points to end at 172.60 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) was up 0.77% or 80.00 points to 10,440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.01% or 3.40 points to trade at 165.70 at the close. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) declined 1.13% or 6.50 points to end at 569.50 and Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) was down 0.96% or 4.10 points to 423.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 74 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.13% or 0.85 to $76.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.68% or 0.53 to hit $78.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 22.30 to trade at $2,454.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.13% to 6.84, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 103.12.