Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.67%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.67% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 1.88% or 195.00 points to trade at 10,560.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) added 1.55% or 160.00 points to end at 10,450.00 and Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) was up 1.04% or 4.90 points to 477.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED), which fell 2.75% or 8.60 points to trade at 304.00 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NZYMb) declined 0.93% or 3.40 points to end at 363.30 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was down 0.68% or 3.80 points to 554.40.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 80 to 61 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.16 to $76.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.79% or 0.64 to hit $82.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 8.15 to trade at $2,000.95 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.28% to 6.82, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 103.33.