Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 5.20% or 22.9 points to trade at 463.1 at the close. Meanwhile, William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 1.58% or 1.8 points to end at 116.0 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.03% or 4.5 points to 443.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which fell 2.10% or 185 points to trade at 8635 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 1.78% or 165 points to end at 9085 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was down 0.92% or 2.9 points to 311.6.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 67 and 13 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.50 to trade at $1183.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.01% to 7.0481, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4398.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.76.