Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal & Household Goods, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA), which rose 3.04% or 18.5 points to trade at 626.5 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) added 2.94% or 320 points to end at 11220 and Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) was up 2.81% or 15.5 points to 567.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE), which lost 1.72% or 4.1 points to trade at 233.6 in late trade. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) declined 1.54% or 5.3 points to end at 337.8 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) shed 1.11% or 2.2 points to 196.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.22 to $57.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.34% or 0.21 to hit $62.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.85 to trade at $1273.25 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.35% to 6.2609, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4427.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.05.