Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.94%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG), which rose 7.75% or 8.8 points to trade at 122.3 at the close. Meanwhile, TDC A/S (CO:TDC) added 6.10% or 1.99 points to end at 34.62 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 4.08% or 6.9 points to 176.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems (CO:VWS), which fell 0.64% or 2.7 points to trade at 419.9 at the close. William Demant Holding (CO:WDH) added 0.59% or 3.5 points to end at 599.5 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 0.82% or 3.3 points to 403.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 121 to 35 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 5.56% or 1.57 to $29.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 6.03% or 1.68 to hit $29.56 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.98% or 10.80 to trade at $1095.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.49% to 6.8884, while EUR/DKK fell 0.02% to 7.4623.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.41.