Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 2.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which rose 6.75% or 6.60 points to trade at 104.70 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) added 5.04% or 600.00 points to end at 12,505.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 4.51% or 520.00 points to 12,060.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb), which lost 0.38% or 3.00 points to trade at 783.20 in late trade. Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) declined 0.31% or 8.00 points to end at 2,544.00 and Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) gained 0.05% or 0.10 points to 203.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 108 to 23 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.57% or 1.84 to $73.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.25% or 1.68 to hit $76.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.12% or 29.49 to trade at $2,670.49 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.02% to 7.28, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.83% at 109.20.