Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (CSE:NOVOb), which rose 1.50% or 16.20 points to trade at 1,096.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Genmab (CSE:GMAB) added 1.00% or 26.00 points to end at 2,636.00 and Chr Hansen Holding A/S (CSE:CHRH) was up 0.10% or 0.50 points to 480.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CSE:VWS), which fell 2.66% or 4.88 points to trade at 178.30 at the close. Orsted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) declined 2.49% or 16.00 points to end at 626.60 and Demant A/S (CSE:DEMANT) was down 2.04% or 5.80 points to 277.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 100 to 45 and 20 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.08% or 2.15 to $71.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.55% or 0.42 to hit $76.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.65 to trade at $1,932.15 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was unchanged 0.03% to 6.85, while EUR/DKK unchanged 0.01% to 7.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 102.82.