Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 1.71% or 10.2 points to trade at 606.2 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.54% or 8.0 points to end at 527.6 and DSV (CO:DSV) was up 1.44% or 6.7 points to 472.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS), which lost 1.27% or 5.6 points to trade at 434.3 in late trade. Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb) declined 1.19% or 8.6 points to end at 715.2 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) shed 0.87% or 3.4 points to 385.3.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 58 to 48 and 29 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.56% or 0.34 to $61.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 8.10 to trade at $1317.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.39% to 6.0472, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4483.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 90.05.