Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.58%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the gained 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the were Oersted AS (CSE:), which rose 5.14% or 20.50 points to trade at 419.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:) added 2.83% or 15.50 points to end at 562.50 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:) was up 2.81% or 5.70 points to 208.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:), which fell 1.52% or 14.40 points to trade at 933.20 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:) declined 0.93% or 9.50 points to end at 1,016.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:) was down 0.69% or 20.00 points to 2,864.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 85 to 54 and 17 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.02% or 0.81 to $78.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.98% or 0.82 to hit $82.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.50 to trade at $2,363.60 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.39% to 6.88, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 104.60.