Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Personal & Household Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (COP:GEN), which rose 4.63% or 26.0 points to trade at 587.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) added 2.96% or 9.4 points to end at 327.3 and GN Store Nord (COP:GN) was up 2.84% or 4.0 points to 145.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (COP:MAERSKb), which rose 0.07% or 10 points to trade at 13400 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (COP:MAERSKa) added 0.15% or 20 points to end at 12980 and Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) was up 0.55% or 1.8 points to 329.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 112 to 48 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genmab (COP:GEN) rose to all time highs; up 4.63% or 26.0 to 587.5.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.04% or 1.83 to $58.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.86% or 1.90 to hit $64.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.00 to trade at $1207.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.52% to 6.6946, while EUR/DKK fell 0.04% to 7.4581.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.25% at 95.41.