Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which rose 4.03% or 17.3 points to trade at 447.0 at the close. Meanwhile, FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) added 2.26% or 8.7 points to end at 393.9 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) was up 1.52% or 4.8 points to 321.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which fell 3.07% or 335 points to trade at 10565 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) declined 2.81% or 290 points to end at 10030 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was down 1.83% or 6.4 points to 343.4.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 52 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.93% or 0.57 to $62.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $65.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.73% or 23.40 to trade at $1332.80 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.48% to 6.0314, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4472.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.55.