Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.81%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE), which rose 3.05% or 3.75 points to trade at 126.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) added 2.89% or 12.10 points to end at 430.40 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 2.67% or 4.52 points to 174.10 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA), which fell 2.22% or 11.00 points to trade at 484.60 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 1.58% or 1.26 points to end at 78.70 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 1.41% or 13.00 points to 907.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 76 to 72 and 15 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.04% or 1.63 to $81.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.18% or 1.91 to hit $89.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.45 to trade at $1,741.05 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was down 0.29% to 7.24, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.02% to 7.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 107.35.