Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 1.77%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.77% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CSE:LUN), which rose 4.63% or 9.3 points to trade at 210.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 4.21% or 17.9 points to end at 442.0 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 2.01% or 3.7 points to 187.5 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ISS A/S (CSE:ISS), which fell 2.99% or 3.45 points to trade at 112.10 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.84% or 2.9 points to end at 340.7 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) was down 0.57% or 0.6 points to 97.7.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 90 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.15 to trade at $1858.45 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.13% to 6.1150, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4410.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 90.332.