Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 4.70% or 42.0 points to trade at 935.6 at the close. William Demant Holding AS (CO:WDH) added 4.61% or 9.4 points to end at 213.2 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 3.32% or 9.1 points to 282.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK), which lost 1.85% or 5.5 points to trade at 292.5 in late trade. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 1.38% or 1.9 points to end at 135.7 and FLSmidth & Co. (CO:FLS) shed 1.07% or 3.9 points to 362.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 54 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.56% or 0.39 to $69.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.31 to hit $79.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.80 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.23% to 6.5017, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4608.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 95.54.