Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.92%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.92%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa), which rose 4.23% or 920 points to trade at 22660 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 3.98% or 930 points to end at 24310 and Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) was up 3.39% or 5.2 points to 156.9 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 1.34% or 4.4 points to trade at 324.1 at the close. Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) declined 0.39% or 2.0 points to end at 506.4 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was down 0.14% or 1.5 points to 1035.0.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 115 to 48 and 16 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.65% or 1.34 to $82.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.16% or 0.97 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.25 to trade at $1822.75 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.52% to 6.5121, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4404.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 95.085.