Denmark shares higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 1.73%

Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 1.73%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which rose 2.27% or 6.40 points to trade at 287.80 at the close. Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb) added 2.21% or 19.90 points to end at 922.20 and Coloplast A/S (CSE:COLOb) was up 1.64% or 14.80 points to 919.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG), which lost 0.20% or 0.30 points to trade at 148.30 in late trade. AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb) declined 0.10% or 10.00 points to end at 10,200.00 and Rockwool International B (CSE:ROCKb) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,888.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 39 and 18 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.73% or 1.29 to $75.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.28% or 0.99 to hit $78.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 16.05 to trade at $2,553.85 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.39% to 6.73, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 101.32.