Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemicals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG), which rose 2.36% or 3.1 points to trade at 134.7 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) added 1.72% or 6.0 points to end at 355.0 and Carlsberg A/S B (COP:CARLb) was up 1.26% or 6.5 points to 522.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS), which lost 0.91% or 2.2 points to trade at 238.5 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (COP:DANSKE) declined 0.33% or 0.7 points to end at 211.0 and Novozymes B (COP:NZYMb) shed 0.31% or 0.9 points to 288.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 89 to 62 and 4 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.49% or 0.23 to $46.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.74% or 0.86 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.10 to trade at $1116.90 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.21% to 6.5938, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.38.