Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 2.23% or 8.1 points to trade at 371.0 at the close. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) added 1.34% or 5.9 points to end at 445.0 and Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) was up 0.94% or 6.0 points to 643.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 4.97% or 14.0 points to trade at 267.6 in late trade. A.P. Moller - Maersk B (CO:MAERSKb) declined 2.72% or 255 points to end at 9125 and A.P. Moller - Maersk A (CO:MAERSKa) shed 2.31% or 210 points to 8865.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.73% or 0.33 to $45.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.87% or 0.41 to hit $47.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.95 to trade at $1265.35 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.07% to 6.5683, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4433.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.89.