Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb), which rose 4.17% or 470 points to trade at 11750 at the close. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CO:MAERSKa) added 3.20% or 350 points to end at 11300 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CO:VWS) was up 2.36% or 13.0 points to 563.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genmab (CO:GEN), which lost 0.98% or 14.0 points to trade at 1413.0 in late trade. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) declined 0.52% or 1.40 points to end at 267.90 and Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) shed 0.46% or 1.1 points to 235.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 47 and 17 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.47% or 0.73 to $50.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.86% or 0.45 to hit $52.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.70 to trade at $1248.00 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.34% to 6.9355, while EUR/DKK fell 0.05% to 7.4372.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 100.01.