Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Copenhagen Consumer Goods, Copenhagen Oil & Gas and OMX Copenhagen Personal & Household Goods PI sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Carlsberg A/S B (CSE:CARLb), which rose 3.13% or 24.40 points to trade at 803.20 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK) added 2.80% or 14.50 points to end at 532.50 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 2.54% or 3.30 points to 131.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 1.55% or 160.00 points to trade at 10,180.00 in late trade. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) declined 1.35% or 6.20 points to end at 454.20 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) down 1.30% or 130.00 points to 9,845.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 83 to 51 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $70.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 18.35 to trade at $2,709.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.21% to 6.88, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.50.