Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Copenhagen Consumer Goods, Copenhagen Health Care and Copenhagen Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 2.65% or 18.70 points to trade at 725.00 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CSE:NSISb) added 2.18% or 8.50 points to end at 398.60 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was up 0.78% or 90.00 points to 11,660.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb), which fell 4.27% or 132.00 points to trade at 2,956.00 in late trade. ISS A/S (CSE:ISS) declined 3.67% or 4.90 points to end at 128.70 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) down 2.42% or 26.50 points to 1,068.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 72 to 60 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.27% or 0.19 to $68.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $73.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 13.05 to trade at $2,627.65 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.23% to 7.05, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.25.