Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.78%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 4.43% or 7.6 points to trade at 179.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 2.78% or 71.0 points to end at 2629.0 and AP Moeller – Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 2.72% or 520 points to 19640 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.21% or 19.6 points to trade at 868.6 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) declined 1.08% or 1.2 points to end at 114.5 and Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was down 1.00% or 8.40 points to 835.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 77 to 72 and 19 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.58% or 0.42 to $72.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.37 to hit $75.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.65 to trade at $1783.05 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.58% to 6.5615, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4363.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.985.