Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Chemicals and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 5.07% or 458 points to trade at 9496 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 4.69% or 405 points to end at 9040 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) was up 2.86% or 12.1 points to 435.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 2.80% or 35.5 points to trade at 1232.5 in late trade. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) declined 0.75% or 3.2 points to end at 423.2 and Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) shed 0.65% or 2.70 points to 413.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 54 and 23 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $72.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.71% or 0.56 to hit $79.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1293.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.05% to 6.3186, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.46.