Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 1.37% or 12.5 points to trade at 922.5 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 0.90% or 0.32 points to end at 35.85 and Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) was up 0.68% or 1.80 points to 267.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nets A/S (CO:NETS), which fell 1.61% or 2.00 points to trade at 122.50 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 0.24% or 0.3 points to end at 124.0 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was down 0.18% or 0.6 points to 335.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 57 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.65% or 0.35 to $53.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.37% or 15.65 to trade at $1156.55 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.64% to 7.0928, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4332.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 102.75.