Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Personal & Household Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH), which rose 3.30% or 17.0 points to trade at 532.0 at the close. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) added 3.17% or 20.2 points to end at 657.6 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 2.28% or 210 points to 9426 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carlsberg A/S B (CO:CARLb), which lost 0.86% or 6.2 points to trade at 710.8 in late trade. Oersted A/S (CO:ORSTED) declined 0.03% or 0.10 points to end at 391.80 and Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) gained 0.80% or 2.8 points to 351.9.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 25 and 14 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.46% or 0.29 to $63.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.86% or 11.50 to trade at $1328.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.28% to 6.0851, while EUR/DKK fell 0.05% to 7.4466.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.16.