Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.60% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 4.45% or 450 points to trade at 10570 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) added 4.23% or 410 points to end at 10100 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) was up 2.66% or 8.5 points to 327.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 4.88% or 20.8 points to trade at 405.4 in late trade. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 2.04% or 2.8 points to end at 134.2 and William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) shed 0.87% or 1.0 points to 113.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 53 to 49 and 31 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.43% or 0.71 to $50.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.21% or 0.64 to hit $53.64 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.65 to trade at $1172.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.31% to 7.0091, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4394.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.88% at 101.16.