Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK), which rose 4.64% or 17.0 points to trade at 383.0 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding (COP:WDH) added 2.88% or 16.0 points to end at 572.0 and Vestas Wind Systems (COP:VWS) was up 2.09% or 7.9 points to 385.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa), which fell 0.74% or 90 points to trade at 12140 at the close. Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb) declined 0.39% or 1.2 points to end at 304.0 and Pandora A/S (COP:PNDORA) was down 0.37% or 3.0 points to 799.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 69 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.64% or 17.0 to 383.0.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.30 to $42.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 2.90 to trade at $1115.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.47% to 6.7689, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4638.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 97.04.