Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG), which rose 1.81% or 2.5 points to trade at 140.7 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH) added 1.64% or 5.3 points to end at 327.8 and Danske Bank A/S (COP:DANSKE) was up 1.26% or 2.5 points to 201.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDC A/S (COP:TDC), which lost 1.66% or 0.85 points to trade at 50.30 in late trade. GN Store Nord (COP:GN) declined 1.16% or 1.7 points to end at 144.3 and ISS A/S (COP:ISS) shed 1.16% or 2.60 points to 221.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 78 to 77 and 5 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.01% or 0.61 to $59.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.86% or 0.55 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1172.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.07% to 6.6619, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4601.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.43.