Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 3.44% or 284 points to trade at 8550 at the close. Nordea Bank AB (CO:NDA) added 2.80% or 1.76 points to end at 64.70 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) was up 2.59% or 4.6 points to 181.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED), which lost 1.99% or 8.20 points to trade at 404.30 in late trade. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 1.12% or 7.4 points to end at 651.2 and Novo Nordisk A/S B (CO:NOVOb) shed 1.07% or 3.5 points to 318.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 72 to 46 and 20 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.16% or 0.11 to $67.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.44 to hit $72.46 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.92% or 11.30 to trade at $1216.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.27% to 6.4210, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4524.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.25.