Denmark stocks higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 1.19%

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At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.19%.

The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were GN Store Nord (CSE:GN), which rose 5.92% or 22.1 points to trade at 395.3 at the close. Meanwhile, Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) added 5.81% or 9.6 points to end at 175.7 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) was up 4.60% or 109 points to 2476 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which fell 1.12% or 7.0 points to trade at 618.2 at the close. Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) declined 0.63% or 3.2 points to end at 507.8 and Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb) was down 0.33% or 3.5 points to 1053.5.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 125 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.35% or 2.01 to $87.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.10% or 1.83 to hit $89.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 20.25 to trade at $1832.25 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.16% to 6.5954, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4410.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 96.115.