Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 4.03% or 420 points to trade at 10840 at the close. A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) added 3.92% or 390 points to end at 10340 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 2.11% or 12.5 points to 604.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS), which lost 0.45% or 1.3 points to trade at 286.7 in late trade. Genmab (CO:GEN) declined 0.26% or 3.0 points to end at 1172.0 and Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) gained 0.13% or 0.3 points to 235.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 38 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.36% or 0.19 to $53.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $55.81 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.67% or 7.85 to trade at $1157.95 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.06% to 6.9975, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4363.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 101.06.