Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb), which rose 5.59% or 6.20 points to trade at 116.20 at the close. Zealand Pharma A/S (CSE:ZELA) added 2.01% or 14.50 points to end at 734.50 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) was up 1.69% or 10.50 points to 630.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which lost 5.93% or 695.00 points to trade at 11,020.00 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) declined 5.45% or 620.00 points to end at 10,750.00 and ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) shed 1.87% or 2.40 points to 125.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 63 and 19 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.09% or 0.80 to $74.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.17% or 0.89 to hit $77.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 14.86 to trade at $2,687.26 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.26% to 7.25, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 109.08.