Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.20%

Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Royal Unibrew A/S (CSE:RBREW), which rose 7.14% or 36.00 points to trade at 540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) added 4.29% or 4.35 points to end at 105.70 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) was up 2.16% or 3.15 points to 148.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Genmab (CSE:GMAB), which fell 2.40% or 63.00 points to trade at 2,560.00 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 2.18% or 4.55 points to end at 204.10 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was down 1.62% or 13.00 points to 787.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 71 and 22 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.97% or 0.75 to $78.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.76% or 0.64 to hit $84.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.55 to trade at $1,843.85 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.67% to 7.02, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 104.94.