Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were DSV (CO:DSV), which rose 2.60% or 13.0 points to trade at 513.0 at the close. Novozymes A/S B (CO:NZYMb) added 1.40% or 4.1 points to end at 298.0 and ISS A/S (CO:ISS) was up 1.37% or 2.55 points to 188.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 4.16% or 12.4 points to trade at 286.0 in late trade. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) declined 2.76% or 5.8 points to end at 204.0 and Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) shed 2.40% or 6.4 points to 260.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 63 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.45 to $51.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.30 to hit $61.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1291.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.08% to 6.5573, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.790.