Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which rose 3.13% or 24.40 points to trade at 803.20 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) added 2.80% or 14.50 points to end at 532.50 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 2.54% or 3.30 points to 131.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which lost 1.55% or 160.00 points to trade at 10,180.00 in late trade. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) declined 1.35% or 6.20 points to end at 454.20 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) shed 1.30% or 130.00 points to 9,845.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 51 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 18.55 to trade at $2,709.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.21% to 6.88, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 103.50.