Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb), which rose 3.57% or 11.0 points to trade at 319.3 at the close. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 1.42% or 9.2 points to end at 658.8 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 0.62% or 2.0 points to 323.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 2.26% or 8.0 points to trade at 345.7 in late trade. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) declined 2.06% or 4.80 points to end at 228.70 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 2.01% or 3.7 points to 180.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 74 to 49 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.13 to $67.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.70 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.64% to 6.5744, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4556.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.