Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.64% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (COP:CHRH), which rose 6.49% or 21.5 points to trade at 353.0 at the close. Pandora A/S (COP:PNDORA) added 3.47% or 22.5 points to end at 671.5 and Carlsberg A/S B (COP:CARLb) was up 1.77% or 10.5 points to 605.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS), which lost 1.37% or 4.2 points to trade at 302.1 in late trade. William Demant Holding (COP:WDH) declined 0.87% or 5.0 points to end at 568.5 and Tryg A/S (COP:TRYG) shed 0.54% or 4.5 points to 822.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 102 to 58 and 4 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.69% or 0.85 to $51.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.60 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.65% or 7.80 to trade at $1195.30 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 1.11% to 7.0093, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4718.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.19.