Investing.com – Denmark equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were William Demant Holding (COP:WDH), which rose 2.72% or 14.5 points to trade at 548.5 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (COP:DANSKE) added 2.28% or 4.3 points to end at 193.0 and Jyske Bank A/S (COP:JYSK) was up 1.74% or 5.6 points to 327.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included FLSmidth & Co. (COP:FLS), which lost 3.08% or 8.6 points to trade at 270.9 in late trade. TDC A/S (COP:TDC) declined 2.33% or 1.18 points to end at 49.47 and GN Store Nord (COP:GN) shed 1.42% or 2.0 points to 138.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 62 and 1 ended unchanged on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.20% or 1.34 to $59.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.10% or 1.43 to hit $66.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.69% or 8.20 to trade at $1182.10 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.62% to 6.6205, while EUR/DKK fell 0.03% to 7.4639.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 94.76.