Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 2.58% or 8.1 points to trade at 322.1 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.27% or 250 points to end at 11245 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) was up 1.90% or 200 points to 10700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 3.20% or 37.5 points to trade at 1133.0 in late trade. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 0.98% or 6.0 points to end at 609.2 and DSV (CO:DSV) shed 0.81% or 4.0 points to 490.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 61 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.29% or 0.82 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.09% or 0.75 to hit $69.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.50 to trade at $1337.40 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.18% to 6.0600, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4449.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.99.