Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, 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 added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 2.28% or 25.0 points to trade at 1123.0 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 2.04% or 16.5 points to end at 823.5 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 1.63% or 10.0 points to 623.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa), which lost 1.60% or 155 points to trade at 9515 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 1.19% or 120 points to end at 9950 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 0.51% or 1.6 points to 309.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 62 and 30 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.18% or 0.08 to $43.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $45.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1318.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.13% to 6.6754, while EUR/DKK rose 0.08% to 7.4554.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.89.