Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Copenhagen Consumer Goods, OMX Copenhagen Personal & Household Goods PI and Copenhagen Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 1.12% or 8.90 points to trade at 802.50 at the close. Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) added 1.09% or 11.50 points to end at 1,071.00 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 1.07% or 9.20 points to 873.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 3.66% or 5.20 points to trade at 136.80 in late trade. Oersted AS (CSE:ORSTED) declined 3.29% or 15.00 points to end at 440.50 and GN Store Nord (CSE:GN) down 2.64% or 3.80 points to 140.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 68 to 64 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.66% or 5.20 to 136.80.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.87% or 1.37 to $74.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.97% or 1.51 to hit $78.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 15.05 to trade at $2,641.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.14% to 6.83, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.03% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.72.