Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.23%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which rose 5.01% or 95.00 points to trade at 1,990.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Moeller – Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 2.21% or 460.00 points to end at 21,240.00 and AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.15% or 440.00 points to 20,940.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which fell 6.45% or 5.90 points to trade at 85.60 at the close. Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) declined 0.93% or 7.60 points to end at 808.00 and Genmab (CSE:GMAB) was down 0.91% or 19.00 points to 2,065.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 83 to 66 and 20 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.24% or 1.43 to $116.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.04% or 1.21 to hit $117.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 22.05 to trade at $1,870.75 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.65% to 6.94, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 101.98.