Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which rose 7.68% or 10.5 points to trade at 147.3 at the close. Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) added 3.82% or 10.2 points to end at 277.0 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) was up 3.27% or 280 points to 8854 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which lost 1.17% or 7.4 points to trade at 625.6 in late trade. GN Store Nord (CO:GN) declined 0.44% or 1.1 points to end at 249.5 and Tryg A/S (CO:TRYG) shed 0.19% or 0.3 points to 161.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 45 and 15 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.02% or 0.52 to $51.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.23 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1249.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.35% to 6.5955, while EUR/DKK rose 0.00% to 7.4644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 97.417.