Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Technology and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 1.21% or 3.5 points to trade at 288.6 at the close. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) added 0.85% or 3.30 points to end at 392.00 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 0.49% or 1.1 points to 225.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 1.87% or 7.7 points to trade at 405.0 in late trade. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 1.36% or 17.0 points to end at 1236.5 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) shed 0.96% or 3.0 points to 309.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 65 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.60 to trade at $1333.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.16% to 6.0909, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4484.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.59.