Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Jyske Bank A/S (CSE:JYSK), which rose 2.28% or 11.80 points to trade at 529.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) added 1.67% or 16.20 points to end at 989.00 and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS) was up 1.53% or 2.96 points to 196.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which fell 2.30% or 305.00 points to trade at 12,975.00 at the close. DSV Panalpina A/S (CSE:DSV) declined 1.96% or 24.50 points to end at 1,228.50 and AP Moeller - Maersk A/S A (CSE:MAERSKa) was down 1.85% or 240.00 points to 12,750.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 86 to 57 and 18 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.30% or 0.97 to $75.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.89% or 0.71 to hit $80.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 10.75 to trade at $2,015.05 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was down 0.42% to 6.84, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.00% to 7.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 102.87.