Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 2.31%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH), which rose 4.35% or 5.3 points to trade at 127.0 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 4.09% or 1.23 points to end at 31.28 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 3.75% or 6.2 points to 171.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which rose 0.52% or 0.6 points to trade at 115.4 at the close. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) added 0.76% or 4.5 points to end at 597.5 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) was up 1.64% or 5.6 points to 347.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 127 to 22 and 12 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.09% or 0.97 to $47.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.93% or 0.92 to hit $48.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.95 to trade at $1317.75 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.32% to 6.7237, while EUR/DKK fell 0.10% to 7.4384.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 96.29.