Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Personal & Household Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Nets A/S (CO:NETS), which rose 2.41% or 3.00 points to trade at 127.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) added 1.76% or 4.60 points to end at 265.60 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.58% or 7.4 points to 475.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb), which fell 1.69% or 4.1 points to trade at 238.6 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 1.58% or 4.4 points to end at 274.6 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 1.30% or 15.0 points to 1136.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 62 to 58 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.07% or 0.56 to $53.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.18% or 0.64 to hit $55.10 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.17% or 1.95 to trade at $1131.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.22% to 7.1154, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4337.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 102.99.