Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Coloplast A/S (CO:COLOb), which rose 2.13% or 13.4 points to trade at 641.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CO:CHRH) added 2.13% or 13.8 points to end at 662.0 and Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CO:NOVOb) was up 1.21% or 3.4 points to 279.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ambu A/S (CO:AMBUb), which fell 2.84% or 4.0 points to trade at 136.7 at the close. Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) declined 2.76% or 3.9 points to end at 137.6 and GN Store Nord (CO:GN) was down 2.53% or 7.1 points to 273.7.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 71 to 57 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Danske Bank A/S (CO:DANSKE) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.76% or 3.9 to 137.6.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.57% or 1.85 to $70.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.70% or 1.38 to hit $80.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1229.50 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.35% to 6.4687, while EUR/DKK fell 0.01% to 7.4605.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.09.