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 0.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Lundbeck A/S (CO:LUN), which rose 2.67% or 7.4 points to trade at 284.9 at the close. Genmab (CO:GEN) added 2.28% or 26.0 points to end at 1167.0 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was up 1.71% or 2.5 points to 148.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nets A/S (CO:NETS), which lost 1.02% or 1.30 points to trade at 126.00 in late trade. Dong Energy A/S (CO:DENERG) declined 0.90% or 2.40 points to end at 264.00 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CO:MAERSKb) shed 0.53% or 60 points to 11340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 36 and 25 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.60% or 0.85 to $53.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.48% or 0.83 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.37% or 4.25 to trade at $1137.85 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.04% to 7.1089, while EUR/DKK fell 0.00% to 7.4341.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.