Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK), which rose 3.96% or 18.90 points to trade at 496.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 3.64% or 5.10 points to end at 145.30 and Bavarian Nordic (CSE:BAVA) was up 2.03% or 3.65 points to 183.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which fell 1.23% or 7.00 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.12% or 1.15 points to end at 101.20 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 0.83% or 8.50 points to 1,010.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 100 to 55 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.27% or 0.86 to $68.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.88% or 0.65 to hit $74.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.87% or 37.05 to trade at $1,945.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.42% to 6.91, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.06% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.88.