Denmark shares higher at close of trade; OMX Copenhagen 20 up 0.30%

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

At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.30%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 1.45% or 11.40 points to trade at 798.20 at the close. NKT Holding (CSE:NKT) added 0.40% or 2.50 points to end at 635.00 and Tryg A/S (CSE:TRYG) was up 0.31% or 0.50 points to 159.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which lost 4.88% or 550.00 points to trade at 10,710.00 in late trade. Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) declined 4.63% or 6.90 points to end at 141.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) shed 4.52% or 490.00 points to 10,360.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 50 and 12 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.36% or 2.97 to $71.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 4.02% or 2.88 to hit $74.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 26.80 to trade at $2,686.20 a troy ounce.

USD/DKK was up 0.67% to 6.74, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.04% to 7.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 101.00.