Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.39% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Genmab (CO:GEN), which rose 1.91% or 27.0 points to trade at 1440.0 at the close. Jyske Bank A/S (CO:JYSK) added 1.58% or 5.6 points to end at 360.0 and Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) was up 1.14% or 3.30 points to 292.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which lost 3.06% or 10.8 points to trade at 342.5 in late trade. Pandora A/S (CO:PNDORA) declined 1.99% or 12.5 points to end at 615.0 and Nets A/S (CO:NETS) shed 1.05% or 1.40 points to 131.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 49 and 21 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.14% or 0.55 to $48.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.73% or 0.37 to hit $51.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 8.33 to trade at $1263.67 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.30% to 6.6355, while EUR/DKK rose 0.01% to 7.4386.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.