Investing.com – Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Copenhagen 20 were AP Moeller - Maersk A/S B (CSE:MAERSKb), which rose 4.45% or 280 points to trade at 6574 at the close. Meanwhile, Danske Bank A/S (CSE:DANSKE) added 2.44% or 1.7 points to end at 72.1 and Oersted A/S (CSE:ORSTED) was up 1.39% or 9.60 points to 700.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were William Demant Holding A/S (CSE:DEMANT), which fell 3.93% or 6.7 points to trade at 162.3 at the close. Ambu A/S (CSE:AMBUb) declined 3.27% or 7.8 points to end at 230.7 and Pandora A/S (CSE:PNDORA) was down 2.45% or 5.6 points to 223.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange by 69 to 66 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 19.01% or 2.20 to $13.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.28% or 1.02 to hit $20.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 2.71% or 45.80 to trade at $1733.60 a troy ounce.
USD/DKK was up 0.39% to 6.8942, while EUR/DKK rose 0.03% to 7.4574.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.535.