Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Personal & Household Goods and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which rose 4.36% or 5.1 points to trade at 122.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) added 2.23% or 3.1 points to end at 144.2 and Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb) was up 1.03% or 6.4 points to 625.4 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GN Store Nord (CO:GN), which fell 4.55% or 12.7 points to trade at 266.6 at the close. ISS A/S (CO:ISS) declined 1.82% or 4.20 points to end at 226.80 and Genmab (CO:GEN) was down 1.18% or 11.0 points to 924.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 66 to 47 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.42% or 0.79 to $56.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.56% or 1.02 to hit $66.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.50 to trade at $1203.70 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.19% to 6.5968, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.87.