Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 1.37% or 19.0 points to trade at 1402.0 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 1.19% or 2.8 points to end at 238.7 and Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN) was up 1.01% or 3.2 points to 320.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which lost 1.19% or 6.5 points to trade at 542.0 in late trade. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) declined 0.63% or 2.8 points to end at 438.3 and Nets A/S (CO:NETS) shed 0.36% or 0.40 points to 110.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 83 to 33 and 16 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.84% or 0.88 to $48.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.63% or 0.83 to hit $51.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1254.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.21% to 6.8624, while EUR/DKK rose 0.02% to 7.4409.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.19.